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 LCARS 24 screenshot |
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| Developed by | Bill Morris |
| Latest release | 4. A software developer is a person or organization concerned with facets of the software development process wider than design and coding a somewhat broader scope of A software release is the distribution whether public or private of an initial or new and upgraded version of a Computer software product 0. 2 / February 18, 2007 |
| OS | FreeDOS, FreeDOS32, MS-DOS, Windows 98 and Windows XP (unstable. An operating system (commonly abbreviated OS and O/S) is the software component of a Computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination FreeDOS (formerly Free-DOS and PD-DOS) is an Operating system for IBM PC compatible computers MS-DOS (short for M icro' s' oft D isk O perating S ystem is an Operating system commercialized by Microsoft. Windows 98 ( codenamed Memphis) is a graphical Operating system released on 25 June 1998 by Microsoft and the successor to Windows 95 Windows XP is a family of 32-bit and 64-bit Operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on Personal computers including home and ) |
| Genre | GUI |
| License | GNU GPL |
| Website | lcars24.sf.net |
LCARS 24 is a GUI desktop environment inspired by the LCARS interface found in Star Trek. Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function type or field of use A software license (or software licence in commonwealth usage is a Legal instrument governing the usage or redistribution of copyright protected software A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages In the Star Trek Fictional universe, LCARS (an Acronym for Library Computer Access/Retrieval System, pronounced /ɛl karz/ is a fictional It currently runs on DOS variants as a DPMI application. DOS, short for "Disk Operating System" is a shorthand term for several closely related Operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market In computing the DOS Protected Mode Interface (DPMI is a specification introduced in 1989 which allows a DOS program to run in Protected mode, granting access to It makes use of the Allegro library and DJGPP compiler. Allegro is a free and open source Software library for Video game development DJGPP (DJ's GNU Programming Platform is a 32-bit C / C++ / ObjC / ObjC++ / Ada / Fortran development suite for 386
Styled pages are generated using SFML (Starfleet markup language) that is very similar in syntax to HTML.
The recommended configuration is to install it onto a 1998-era laptop on its own.
Main Features
(From the project website)
LCARS 24 lets you turn an old TrueColor laptop into an LCARS (Starfleet-style) musical or talking alarm clock and calendar that is also an agile 32-bit DPMI system shell with many bundled LCARS programs, with plenty of eye candy and animation but quite a bit of utility and reference material, as well. The OS can be MS-DOS or FreeDOS, both of which are small and easy to install, and non-LCARS DOS apps can be accessed from the LCARS 24 program launcher.
Games
Ferengi Blackjack, Borg Solitaire, Chess, Crossword, Warbird Standoff
Utilities / Apps
File manager, text editor, calculator, unit conversion, DOS command service, program launchers, system info, one medical app
Reference
Large world map, world time, user phonebook, periodic table, 5000-word SAT vocab dictionary, various library files, Star Trek Web pages
Animation
Clips from Star Trek movies/TV, 3-D sim of orbiting planets out to Saturn, Windows parody demo
Viewers / Players
Offline Web-page viewer, image viewers, MIDI, MP3, WAV players
The software employs SFML (Starfleet markup language, an HTML-like markup created for the program) for graphical rendering of application elements such as buttons, text, and animation objects. The Ferengi (pronounced) are a Fictional extraterrestrial race from the Star Trek universe The Borg are a fictional pseudo- race of Cyborgs depicted in the Star Trek franchise The Star Trek Fictional universe has presented a number of designs for Romulan Starships. A file manager or file browser is a Computer program that provides a User interface to work with File systems The most common operations used A text editor is a type of program used for editing plain Text files Text editors are often provided with Operating systems or software development DOS, short for "Disk Operating System" is a shorthand term for several closely related Operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market The periodic table of the chemical elements is a tabular method of displaying the Chemical elements Although precursors to this table exist its invention is The SAT Reasoning Test (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test) is a standardized test for College admissions in the A planet, as defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU is a celestial body Orbiting a Star or stellar remnant that is Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. MIDI ( Musical Instrument Digital Interface, ˈmɪdi is an industry-standard protocol that enables Electronic musical instruments Computers MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a Digital audio encoding format using a form of Lossy data compression WAV (or WAVE) short for Waveform Audio format, is a Microsoft and IBM Audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on SFML is a portable API, written in C++ but also available in C, Python, Ruby and D.
System audio
MIDI musical alarm, vocal misoperation scolding, starship panel beeps
Project Future
(Partial roadmap and feature list; Please visit the project forums for more information)
Provisions are being made to enable LCARS 24 to have instant on capability for applications. A starship is a theoretical Spacecraft designed for traveling between the stars, as opposed to a vehicle designed for Orbital spaceflight or Interplanetary In Computers, instant on is the goal of being able to boot nearly instantaneously Applications in LCARS 24 already have a small footprint which enables quick startups and with the move toward ever increasing features, future applications will include a list of ported/recreated DOS applications as well as other popular 16bit and 32bit applications.
External links
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic