mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) (05/29/84)
Does anyone have documentation on how to get at the Quadram clock calendar from C? (Venex, to be specific, but on a PC it doesn't really make that much difference. Is it IBM compatible from software?) I have a copy of the Microsoft Flight Simultor (yes, I paid for it and yes I have the manual). I have a few questions that I was unable to answer. By the way, I have the STB Graphics Plus monitor board, primarily because I got it for less than an IBM monochrome monitor. It is claimed to do graphics on an IBM monitor, but it won't work on an Amdek 310A for some unclear reason. The STB board outputs color RGB but B/W composite. And the MFS outputs (you guessed it), color composite but B/W RGB. So this combination doesn't like each other at all. I hooked it up using the composite output, using my VCR as an RF modulator, onto my 19" color TV. Of course, the output is B/W, and I told MFS that it's B/W (not that it made any difference). The main problem is that the instrument panel is only readable if I'm in radar mode. If I want to look out the window I can only read some of the big dials, in particular the digital heading readouts and the flaps/tail/etc indicators are a lost cause. Anyone know why? Would the problem go away with a regular monitor avoiding the RF modulation? (Where does one buy an RF modulator, anyway? Would a real one do better than my VCR?) Also, sometimes a big hammer-like thing appears out the window in place of any useful view. What is it, and how do I get my windows back? Is there any way to transmit something on the voice radio? Can I receive anything other than the intro message from the tower when I tune in? Does anyone have any experience with any of the Commodore 64 flight simulators? I just got a mag from Commodore that has 3 separate ads for them, all costing around $30, and they all look MFS inspired. Comment: the geography around San Diego is very poorly represented. I flew down the coast from LA watching for Coronado Bay and was in Mexico before I realized it! There ought to be tall buildings there to miss, like the real Lindburgh Field, too. Mark