[TenTec] ORION and IC7800 - Kirby - GUI's

[ac5e at comcast.net]

Well, most computer control programs "look like" a radio, albit with enhancements that make it look less like a 3D image of the controlled radio than a representation of the actual radio. There would not be much point in a control program that did not add functionality to the radio -  and an exact replica of the front panel would probably limit that functionality. 

But when someone says they want a GUI that looks like Orion I wonder which one; the constellation, the mythological Greek hunter, the fifteenth century stage actor or any of several others. I certainly would not want a replica of the radio's front panel on the LCD screen. 

73  Pete Allen  AC5E

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> On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 20:04:08 EDT N0KHQ at aol.com writes:
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> > What I would really like to see is a graphical user interface for the
> Orion 
> > that actually looked like an Orion. I guess not many programmers know
> how to 
> > design life like 3 dimensional GUI's. True, it does take a lot of 
> > time........but man, the end result would be amazing. I have seen some
> GUI's that look 
> > better than the real thing.
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>