Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 19:47:02 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Albert_Vi=F1als?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] W2K on L100CT
Regarding GPS: I'm a GPSeer; I haven't tried Autoroute; in fact, here in Spain very few seem to use it, as I gather out from a very active List on GPS&Cartography at which I'm also subscribed. Have you tried Garmin's Metroguide Europe v.5 (now probably appearing v.6, or on a few days) ? Better than MS Autoroute ? As it seems, there's a lot of Libretteers which are also GPSeers! Funny, or not? On W2k: I installed it some time ago; several problems initially -some ones catastrophic- but finally running well; no dual-boot, W2000 only. Installed several files from Toshiba, as a certain Joe4430 from the Forum recomended; they are similar to GeraintJ ones, but doesn't seem to be exactly the same http://download.toshiba.com/t810acp2.exe vs. tosacp2k.exe http://download.toshiba.com/z426utl2.exe vs. tosutil2k.exe http://download.toshiba.com/w2kpwrx2.exe vs. w2kpwrx1.exe plus http://download.toshiba.com/tospwr2k.exe Info said they should mandatory be installed in a certain order, which is not the above one. Only problem remaining: W2k seems to be eating batteries power as a lion, much more than the original W95 one (!?) If any one is interested, I could send that complete info, but not to the List - no attachments accepted. Regards. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 7:02 PM Subject: Re: [LIB] W2K on L100CT > Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 13:00:01 EST > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LIB] W2K on L100CT > > In a message dated 1/22/2004 10:38:36 AM Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > I used the patch for the 2 seconds on both Streets and Trips and Autoroute. > > I think that Autoroute is the best software for Europe. It is a pity it is > > more expensive than Streets and Trips. They both helped me so much (with the > > Libretto !) that I may not complain though. > > > > Not all Europe is covered by Autoroute ! > > England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany are OK. > > > > The only problem I had with the Libretto and the GPS receiver is when I > > tried to use a USB2 Pcmcia card in order to attach the GPS and the mouse. On > > the Belkin card it did not work without an external power on the PCMCIA > > card. I went back to the USB (1?) PCMCIA card of the same brand... and no > > problem. Like USB2 would need more power and cannot handle the GPS + the > > Mouse. > > > > Bad news for me, maybe. My current setup is a Belkin USB2 PCMCIA card with a > USB/serial adapter, then my Garmin Etrex GPS on the serial connector. This > works well using DeLorme Street Atlas. I haven't tested with Autoroute because > the GPS won't provide a location on a Europe map, while I am in the US. > Looks like it is worth a trial run, though, just for function. > > Does your GPS draw its power from the USB connection? My Etrex has a > separate power circuit (12V) so perhaps I'll get lucky - if that's the source of the > problem you had. > > Thanks for the info on Autoroute - after my last experience driving in > European cities, I think I'll be glad to have it for this go-round. I have > Autoroute 2001 (as you say, too expensive to upgrade often) and it appears to cover > Austria in addition to the countries you mentioned. Have you driven in Austria > and evaluated Autoroute there? > > Lee > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > -------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 > ************************************************************** > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------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 **************************************************************
