Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 08:15:05 -0700
From: "Michael Berlant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: GPS on Lib50?
The Sony GPS card is called ETAK here in the US (as well as in Japan). I own two of
these cards and have used them in the US and Japan on my Libretto 60 (Pentium 100, not
overclocked, not CardBus PCMCIA) without problem.
The GPS card has a slide switch to select between proprietary ETAK mode and NMEA mode.
In ETAK mode you can use an iR remote control to zoom, etc., with ETAK street map
software or Jeppesen flying software. In NMEA mode you can use the GPS card with
anybody's software. My favorite is DeLorme StreetAtlas.
The physical properties of the card are that it is a PCMCIA Type II card with a little
bubble iR receptor and a 5 foot cord connecting to the active antenna module, which is
about 2.5 x 3 x 1 inch thick.
Enjoy.
>Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 07:43:00 -0700
>From: "Ken Kwok" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>SUBJECT
>
>I was actually looking for a PC Card type GPS that I might be able to plug
>into my Lib 50's PCMCIA slot, so as to minimize the tangle of wires and
>avoid the use of the port replicator. I also wanted something that would
>give me turn by turn voice prompts through the Libs soundcard.
>
>I did some research on the net and the one product that came closest to
>these requirements was the
>Sony StreetMate http://www.streetmate.redhotant.co.uk/
>But it's only available in the UK with UK maps : ( And it requires at
>least a 133 MHz procesor (200MHz recomended) , so I doubt the Lib 50 is up
>to it.
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