Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2002 22:27:46 +0000 From: "Eugene Hsu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: GPS-my notes
Regarding GPS notes with the Libretto: I have a Delorme EarthMate that was purchased in the Road Warrior kit (with Palm serial cable adapter and Solus Pro). I had been using the Libretto with the SA7 (could be 6) software to get around Boston. I was able to install it all initially to the HD, so it did not need the CD. This worked great for a while. Solus software for the palm sucks, so that was nearly worthless. The problem with the Earthmate is that there is no power switch, so it draws batter power whether it sees a serial connection. Sometimes the darn thing killed its batteries when the Libretto was off or in sleep. I am NOT very happy with the Earthmate, but it served its purpose. Overall it was very useful, but it seemed painful to carry the Lib around on every trip. I was able to get the best of all worlds by combining this with a Garmin Etrex Vista with the Mapsource software. The Vista has 24 MB of memory (not as much as the eMAP max) that can hold full street-detail maps. The earthmate does NOT compare with the vista in terms of signal reception and functionality. The earthmate was a pain to use to acquire, requiring prime dash real estate while the vista works just fine sitting between or on the seats. The earthmate is now used as an emergency backup unit (or a loaner to friends driving). Most of the time I can just use the eTrex Vista to get me around town or carried via plane to map other cities. The Libretto can be interfaced with the eTrex via a serial cable if there is an area where I have not pre-loaded the maps into the Garmin unit. While the eTrex is not as expandable as the eMap (external antenna/bigger memory cards), I puchased it because it was far more sturdy than the eMap. It has mil-spec water submergability (is that a word?) for 5 meters for 30 minutes or something like that, and I also use this with a bike mount as my speedo/map/avg speed/max speed when I cycle. I have not yet had time, but I will soon load clonecd versions of each of the software (4 disks X 650MBorless) so that I will have full access to everything on the Libretto. Has anyone used clonecd or any of the pseudo cd programs on the Libby? I do not have experience with these except for glowing reviews from friends. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
