Unless you have a monolithic approach in mind, you'll need a fast platform-independent IPC mechanism.
73, Dave, AA6YQ --- In digitalradio@yahoogroups.com, "Leigh L Klotz, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A couple of random observations > - UI is the hardest part > - next is device interface (sound cards, RS232) though the effort to > abstract that out pales in comparison to the problem of providing a > best-of-breed UI for different platforms > - Adobe has many hundreds of programmers working on Photoshop > - A Java digimode program sure would be nice. I have a few pieces done > and would be pleased to work with others, but there are still people > (Win/Lin/Mac/BSD who won't use Java) > - Separating the UI from the modems and rig control and using a protocol > between them would make it easier to write platform-specific > best-of-breed UIs. PSKCore.DLL is OK for this approach for Windows, but > as it uses the Microsoft component implementation framework, it doesn't > help cross-platform, just cross-application. > > Leigh/WA5ZNU >