Virtual Instruments

[jac at wave.sheridan.wy.us]

The October 1996 issue of SPORT AVIATION magazine has an article about a new 
plane by Burt Rutan.  They use an embedded Mac to monitor the plane and a 
power book as a display and input device.  They take the powerbook home to 
plan flights and to analyze data.  In an aircraft, displacing a panel full 
of instruments will buy both computers and then some.  These are respected 
people and they made the system work.  The whole article is a lesson in 
cutting loose from conventional design.  I reccomend the article as a study 
in both topics.

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jac at wave.sheridan.wy.us
 10/19/96 20:27:32