Date : Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:00:01 -0000
From : blip@... (John)
Subject: 5 minutes of your time please
No - it's not your cash I am after (although if you have some spare...)
I'm debating the wisdom of writing a diagnostic application in Java for
cross platform compatibility, primarily aimed at fixing BBC B computers.
This would be for my degree project, and it has to tick a lot of boxes, as
well as having clearly defined goals. Also I have to base it around an
interactive design module, so it's not just a case of googling and pinching
all your best ideas J .
So, given all the wealth of experience on this list, including the academic
world, can I ask you three questions:
1. Does this sound as though it has enough content to fulfil a
university quality research project, with a practical computing component.
2. Has this already been done in such a way that I would not be adding
anything new enough for a project? (as an application not a website).
3. Would you assist me by looking at the general ideas (NOT looking
for your solutions, that would be plagiarism) and volunteering your
suggestions for 'best path diagnostics'?
Happy to take this off list if you consider if off-topic, but I've had this
idea for a long time, and be interesting to pool together all the
considerable knowledge floating around out there. I will [have to actually!]
acknowledge all sources/assistance.
Also, if you are feeling really generous with your time, I'd welcome your
thoughts on how it might work. Again, I'm keen to do something new using
interactive principles, so that could be a touch interface for example,
and/or feature sound samples of faulty start-up sounds. I'd do the hard work
of assessing it under the I.D. guidelines.
After marking the intention would be to publish anything completed under the
appropriate public/open license, as many contributors do already.
Thanks for your time and reading.
Best,
John T.
PS I know little of electronics or programming, but can write simple Java.