>> I've been looking for something like that too, to use with a
>> little freeware RC flight sim I got from some authors in
>> Sweden.  I know the basic concept: test loops against a system
>> clock to get a relative system speed .. but I'm concerned with
>> Windows and other processes possibly kicking in right when
>> we're trying to do the speed test and throwing our results off.
 > The Linux method tests speed at boot time, compares it to the
 > CPU family and stashes the timing index (bogomips). But in your
 > case, why not a GUI dealy that actively displaying the system
 > speed on a sliding bar, and let the user pick a number?  err..
 > I mean 'click' a number.
Yeah, not a bad idea .. if it's jumping up and down, that should tell the 
user to kill some of the processes that might be making his system erratic 
for flying.
I really HATE it when someone complains about the aircraft's movement not 
being nice and smooth .. and then confesses under interrog... errr .. admits 
that he was doing downloads, playing music, and formatting floppies in the 
background :-(
Thanks for the suggestion.
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