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Is there a simulator available for the Simputer so that I can start application development?

April 26, 2017application Development simputer simulator

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Is there a simulator available for the Simputer so that I can start application development?

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Application development for the simputer can be done on any platform: linux, windows, solaris, MacOS. This is because any simputer application can be viewed as a blackbox that reads in IML and outputs IML. Thus you do not need to own a Simputer to create applications for it. The basic Simputer itself is poorly suited for application development, since it does not have a keyboard or a large display. Further, IML browsers can run on any linux machine or Windows machine at this time, and can be written easily for other platforms. If you hav such a browser, the application development can proceed without consideration of the underlying hardware. In addition, any X application that restricts the display to 240×320 will directly run on the Simputer. For example, we have xclock, rxvt, xeyes and other standard applications already running.