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Old 11-10-2013, 04:25 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman View Post
It is not the same...its a closed system, It would be better to separate the computer from the software ala nobeltec. Simrad is not in the computer business.
The user would have a lot more freedom.
Routing software is run side by side with black box networks already.
Welcome to B&G circa almost 20 years ago now!

Pretty much most mfg's mid-high end stuff and up will talk to most of the good routing software with no issues (Expedition/Adrena/etc)

And nobeltec is a convoluted pile of crap that makes everything Microsoft look lean and mean.

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It could probably be done, but it would be very expensive. 1st of all you need a really robust display to be viewable in direct sunlight. Second you would need a military grade chassis to take the abuse. Finally you would need multiple computers/displays to get the kind of screen size everyone wants.
SSD in a micropc and you don't need a "military grade chassis".

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