I think what you are proposing is a program that only displays the radar function in the Bridge Command simulator. Looking at the website, Bridge Command is a maritime ship simulator (i.e. not a spaceship simulator like Artemis).
The Bridge Command website has a few interesting photos of the simulator in action, including this one: https://www.bridgecommand.co.uk/data/_uploaded/image/DSC_0172-1.jpg The laptop on the left edge of the photo is showing just the radar function. (You can see the radar also displayed as part of the three-laptop "panoramic" view.) If I understand your email correct, you want to write a dedicated Bridge Command radar program that runs on FreeDOS. *>>"Will network interface function well?"* I think your program is a good idea, and you should do it. Note that you'll need to load a network stack separately to support this radar program; FreeDOS does not have networking support built into the kernel. All DOS systems needs to load a network stack separately. But this certainly seems do-able. *>>"Is it easily done to program a small program that works well in boht FreeDos and dosbox alike?"* FreeDOS is a full DOS system. You can run FreeDOS on a PC by itself, or you can boot FreeDOS in a PC emulator like QEMU or VirtualPC or VMWare or VirtualBox or Plex86 or any other PC emulator. DOSBox isn't a full DOS system, but it is a specialized PC emulator with a built-in DOS-like environment that runs DOS programs (usually games). DOSBox used to have issues with some DOS games/programs, but these days I understand it is much better. So I think the dedicated Bridge Command radar program you want to write should work well on both FreeDOS and DOSBox. I haven't looked into DOSBox for myself, so I can't say if it emulates a network stack by itself, or if you have to load one on your own. Good luck in writing your program! Jim On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Johan Andersson <j...@passagen.se> wrote: > Send this to freedos mailing lists again. Alredy sent to > gnewsense-us...@nongnu.org that has recived and to > gnewsense-...@nongnu.org that refused but that's OK I think to reach > freedos-devel more relevant in this case. > > Hello FreeDOS and gNewSense users as well as developers. I'm asking about > your opinion! > Radar display and interface program for Bridge Command via network. > > Is it easily done to program a small program that works well in boht > FreeDos and dosbox alike? > > I think this is a good idea. > > Will network interface function well? > > Bridge command is a ship simulator. Open Source program. For exempel > Bridge Command 4.7 has a radar mode, that but as a small program. > > https://www.bridgecommand.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1073.0.html > > Radar interface program to Bridge Command > > I'm thinking that a small radar program that connects to Bridge command is > a grate idea. Like the radar mode in Bridge command 4 but as it own program. > > For example such small program run on a computer that runs FreeDos is a > great idea. Please let me explain why: > > Like embedded system > > mouse or even better trackball for good user interface > > control via keyboard > > Use computers that are to old to upgrade. > > Full screen radar simulation whit out need for expensive equipment > > Build your own radar simulation part to a bridge command based simulator > set > > or just use an old computer that > > If it runs in FreeDos this type of program will probably run in dosbox as > well > > porting easily done just use dosbox on a verity of other systems... > > GNU GPL licensed of course! > > This is just a start of a presentation of these idea! >
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