I used an M100 to log time, distance and speed for
a while, and a few other list members also played
around with GPS receivers a few years back.
Here's an old WIP program of mine that worked with
a Delorme receiver but it should work with pretty
well any RS-232 input, although there are minor
variations in the codes and also some receiver
idiosyncracies; for instance the Delorme needs to
receive "ASTRAL" to wake up.
m
10 CLS:CLEAR400:MAXFILES=3:GOSUB100
20 LINEINPUT#1,A$:B$=MID$(A$,15,1)
25 IFB$="V"THENPRINT@120,LEFT$(A$,15);
30
IFB$="A"THENPRINT@200,LEFT$(A$,40);:IFMID$(A$,15,9)<>P$THENPRINT#3,MID$(A$,8,32):P$=MID$(A$,15,9)
60 GOTO20
100 INPUT"NEW FILE";Y$:Y=INSTR("Yy",Y$)
110 X$="$GPRMC":IFYTHENKILL"GPSO.DO"
120 OPEN"COM:78N1D"FORINPUTAS1
130 OPEN"COM:78N1D"FOROUTPUTAS2
140 OPEN "GPSO"FORAPPENDAS3:Z$="ASTRAL
150 LINEINPUT#1,A$:PRINTA$:PRINT#3,A$
160 IFA$<>Z$THEN150ELSEPRINT#2,Z$:RETURN
200 PRINTINSTR("ABC","B")
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hiraghm" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 12:39 PM
Subject: [M100] Model T Navigator?
In Issue December 1990 of Portable 100, there's
an article on page 14 about using your Model T
as a Trip Navigator. It's based on waypoints you
designate your rate of travel and fuel
consumption, and it makes a straight line graph
to measure your progress (I can't help thinking
of The Oregon Trail and The Organ Trail video
games...)
I have an old Streets and Trips 2008, that came
with a GPS receiver, with a USB plug on the end.
So, typically, I wonder to myself if there would
be some way to connect the USB to my serial
port, and then use my Model 100 as a *real*
navigator. Primitive, yes. Slow, almost
certainly. But, very very very retro-cool.
Anyway, just thought I'd throw that idea out
there along with the others. I only bring this
stuff up in case it inspires others on the
mailing list in developing their current or new
projects. If someone finds it annoying, let me
know and I'll shut up.
