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DVA4965
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on September 07 2007
Online Quintuple Century Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
Everett Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Saratoga Springs, UT USA
1,195 legs, 3,500.8 hours
566 legs,
825.5 hours online 1,174 legs,
3,437.6 hours ACARS 26 legs,
51.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 26 2010 11:11 ET by Alan Cluff
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http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=213410186
Alan CluffSenior Captain, B737-800
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DVA3355
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on July 19 2006
Online Century Club
Flying Colonel
Everett 1500 Club
Four Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"guiding you home..." Denver, CO USA
1,959 legs, 8,711.6 hours
181 legs,
715.0 hours online 1,891 legs,
8,382.8 hours ACARS 18 legs,
67.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 26 2010 13:09 ET by Daniel Hodnik
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that one shows out of stock, but here is a slightly slower clock SFF
http://www.buy.com/prod/dell-optiplex-gx280-pentium-4-2-8ghz-512mb-40gb-cd-fdd-xp-professional/q/loc/101/211409412.html
great find Alan, already have too many computers though, the near wife would not approve lol.
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DVA5929
Senior Captain, B747-400
OLP
Joined on May 10 2008
Million Mile Club
Online Quadruple Century Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
Six Century Club
50 State Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"It's buried under a big W!" TX USA
651 legs, 3,806.1 hours
472 legs,
2,922.9 hours online 565 legs,
3,319.5 hours ACARS 8 legs,
18.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 26 2010 13:22 ET by Nicholas Carpenter
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Hmm, Daniel you just found my regular fs computer. If this is what their using for fs tools, it looks like I'll be needing to upgrade in a couple years. (Sigh, to be considered obsolete J.K.)
Nicholas CarpenterSenior Captain, B747-400
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DVA3355
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on July 19 2006
Online Century Club
Flying Colonel
Everett 1500 Club
Four Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"guiding you home..." Denver, CO USA
1,959 legs, 8,711.6 hours
181 legs,
715.0 hours online 1,891 legs,
8,382.8 hours ACARS 18 legs,
67.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 26 2010 13:52 ET by Daniel Hodnik
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fwiw, i own 4 computers.. but none are solely used for FS.
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DVA1933
Senior Captain, B727-200
Joined on September 19 2004
Triple Century Club
Monterrey, NL Mexico
357 legs, 860.4 hours
72 legs,
132.3 hours online 255 legs,
668.3 hours ACARS 1 legs,
1.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 26 2010 14:48 ET by David Eugenio Gomez
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Yeah, that Pentium 4 is the same as my one and only computer...
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DVA8105
Captain, B747-400
Joined on December 20 2009
Century Club
Online Century Club
50 State Club
"Are you gangsters? No we are Russian" Seattle, WA USA
180 legs, 627.7 hours
168 legs,
599.7 hours online 179 legs,
625.9 hours ACARS 2 legs,
5.0 hours event 407 legs, 1,136.9 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
February 26 2010 16:32 ET by Matthew Kerby
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How would you run FS on one computer and applications for it on another? Seems like a difficult setup...
Matthew KerbyCaptain, B747-400
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DVA3355
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on July 19 2006
Online Century Club
Flying Colonel
Everett 1500 Club
Four Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"guiding you home..." Denver, CO USA
1,959 legs, 8,711.6 hours
181 legs,
715.0 hours online 1,891 legs,
8,382.8 hours ACARS 18 legs,
67.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 26 2010 17:12 ET by Daniel Hodnik
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all you need is a registered copy of FSUIPC and WIDEFS. computers need to be networked of course. actually very simple.
example of how i have used it.
main computer runs
fs9
extra computer runs
active sky
acars
squawkbox
etc etc
etc etc
http://secure.simmarket.com/pete-dowson-widefs6.phtml
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DVA3355
Senior Captain, B777-200
Joined on July 19 2006
Online Century Club
Flying Colonel
Everett 1500 Club
Four Million Mile Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"guiding you home..." Denver, CO USA
1,959 legs, 8,711.6 hours
181 legs,
715.0 hours online 1,891 legs,
8,382.8 hours ACARS 18 legs,
67.1 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 26 2010 19:09 ET by Daniel Hodnik
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after some thought, these refurbed SFF may be perfect for my new house and my need for a couple media centers.
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