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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: WLJ on October 17, 2022, 12:05:04 PM
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Everything is original except for the computer which they said they could not find parts for.
At the Swiss Military Museum in Full, there's the last remaining example of a 1970s tank-driving simulator. But there's no virtual worlds here: it's connected to a real camera and a real miniature model
This 1970s tank simulator drives through a tiny world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcQifPHcMLE
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Everything is original except for the computer which they said they could not find parts for.
This 1970s tank simulator drives through a tiny world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcQifPHcMLE
I just watched that.
Way back when I was a kid, I got to see the same kind of model-based simulator for airplanes. I remember the huge boards that were mounted vertically, but I don't remember where that was. Maybe at AA's facility in Texas. Could have been Braniff.
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A friend of mine used to be in the Air Force and supported old flight simulators. I just emailed him and asked if they were anything like this video, or if they were just instrumentation trainers with no visual component.
That was a really neat find, WLJ!
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Could have been Braniff.
When you've got it, flaunt it.
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Everything is original except for the computer which they said they could not find parts for.
This 1970s tank simulator drives through a tiny world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcQifPHcMLE
They replaced the old analogue computer with a Raspberry Pi. That's really cool. I wonder what model Pi was used?
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When you've got it, flaunt it.
Belive it.