Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 04:17:59 +0800 From: "Geoff --" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] TDK Digital Music Card 9000
As for the GPS, any 12 channel parallel unit will do -- if you're only using it to attach to the Libretto. I bought a Garmin II+ for cheap on Ebay. (The guy sent me a III+ instead for some reason. Unlike the II+, the III+ has built-in maps of the entire US with major streets and coastlines.) The GPS connects to the Lib. via the serial port. The Garmin II+ and III+ (unlike some other Garmins) also have the advantage of having a detachable antenna, in case I want to use an external one instead (I didn't need to). As for software, I wasn't thrilled with any of the mapping programs I used ... they were all just adequate. To avoid using the CDROM drive while driving, I used Microtest Virtual CD 3 (which worked well) to suck all my software data CDs onto the Libretto's 20 GB hard drive. For street driving, I used Delorme Street Atlas USA 8.0. It has a nice feature of allowing reverse-colors (light on black), which -- when combined with the Libretto's dimmest screen setting -- is nice for glare-free nighttime driving. Microsoft Streets & Trips 2001 is also supposed to be pretty good, but seems to have some kind of quirk where you have to have the GPS physically connected when you run the setup install program, or you can't use the GPS later. For backroad trail driving, I tried out various topo-map software (which isn't cheap -- about $100 for each state, which typically includes 5-10 CDROMs). For Utah, I used National Geographic (Wildflower) Topo. For Nevada, I tried Maptech 5. For Washington state, I used Delorme 3D TopoQuads. TopoQuads had significantly poorer quality topo maps scans, when compared to National Geographic Topo or Maptech. I think overclocking the Lib 100ct to 266 MHz (I did) is necessary to run Winamp and GPS software simultaneously. Cooling is another issue -- I ended up drilling holes in my cardboard mounting bracket and constructing an aluminum foil scoop to funnel cold air from the A.C. vent below. -- Geoff > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Ford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 12:40 PM > To: Libretto > Subject: Re: [LIB] TDK Digital Music Card 9000 > > > Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 13:30:15 -0600 > From: "Adam Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] TDK Digital Music Card 9000 > > Can you tell me what GPS and mapping software you use and so > on? I would > like to use my libby for that too but I dont know how too. > > Thanks, > Adam > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geoff --" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 1:29 PM > Subject: RE: [LIB] TDK Digital Music Card 9000 > > > > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 03:21:52 +0800 > > From: "Geoff --" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: [LIB] TDK Digital Music Card 9000 > > > > > How readable do you people find the Libby's screen in > such a situation? > > > > I built a cardboard box sunshade (with a cutout on the right to > > operate the ' mouse') which helps a lot. That way it's still > > usable in bright sunlight when I'm wearing sunglasses (but only > > barely). I use it for GPS/mapping software as well as MP3s. I > > installed tiny hollow two metal rods in the dash, into which the > > carboard prototype mount slides: > > > > http://www.byz.org/~immort/sw2001/Computer/index.htm > > > > > One of those cassettes with electronics inside instead of > tape with the > wire > > > that plugs into a line-out jack? ..... ACK!!!!!! > > > > Yup :( My stereo is the stock one, and has no Line In. As someone > > pointed out, much of the bass is gone using the cassette adapter. > > > > Operating the Libretto while driving certainly isn't safe, but I > > can reach over and slap the B key (winamp's "skip song") without > > having my eyes leave the road. > > > > -- Geoff -- _______________________________________________ Talk More, Pay Less with Net2Phone Direct(R), up to 1500 minutes free! http://www.net2phone.com/cgi-bin/link.cgi?143 ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
