Re: [time-nuts] Garmin 255W GPS units

2010-08-04 Thread Bob Camp
Hi

They are fairly standard navigation receivers. The data they put out is also 
fairly standard. Based on my experience with flood damaged electronics, your 
estimate for working units may be a bit high if they were under long enough to 
get well soaked. 

Bob

On Aug 4, 2010, at 1:04 AM, jim stephens wrote:

 I have access to a large number of these units (~600).  We are in the
 process of scanning them for functional units.
 
 They are 4 dashtop type car or boat units.  I have played with a functional
 one, and accessed some info with free software, and would of course like to
 get to the actual live position.
 
 I am open to any ideas from anyone who would like the units which are not
 working for parts.  It appears that the units which have functional
 internals, but no display may be as many as 100 total.  Hopefully no more
 than 50% will be dead, and parts only, but it may go as high as 75%.
 
 These units appear to have spent time submerged as far as the damage
 sustained.  They are purchased from an insurance salvage situation.
 
 I have managed to dismantle them down to a housing set, battery, processor
 board, display assembly, and misc. hardware.
 
 Please contact me at jwsmobile [at] g[m] ail.com  (removing special
 characters).
 
 Thanks
 Jim
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Re: [time-nuts] Garmin 255W GPS units

2010-08-04 Thread Pete Lancashire
fi they are like 265's you can run them in Fleet mode and that can get
you positional updates something
like once a second.

a goal of mine with the 265W I have in the truck once I come across a
cheap Linux PC in a can that
runs off 12V

-pete


On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:04 PM, jim stephens jwsmob...@gmail.com wrote:
 I have access to a large number of these units (~600).  We are in the
 process of scanning them for functional units.

 They are 4 dashtop type car or boat units.  I have played with a functional
 one, and accessed some info with free software, and would of course like to
 get to the actual live position.

 I am open to any ideas from anyone who would like the units which are not
 working for parts.  It appears that the units which have functional
 internals, but no display may be as many as 100 total.  Hopefully no more
 than 50% will be dead, and parts only, but it may go as high as 75%.

 These units appear to have spent time submerged as far as the damage
 sustained.  They are purchased from an insurance salvage situation.

 I have managed to dismantle them down to a housing set, battery, processor
 board, display assembly, and misc. hardware.

 Please contact me at jwsmobile [at] g[m] ail.com  (removing special
 characters).

 Thanks
 Jim
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[time-nuts] Garmin 255W GPS units

2010-08-03 Thread jim stephens
I have access to a large number of these units (~600).  We are in the
process of scanning them for functional units.

They are 4 dashtop type car or boat units.  I have played with a functional
one, and accessed some info with free software, and would of course like to
get to the actual live position.

I am open to any ideas from anyone who would like the units which are not
working for parts.  It appears that the units which have functional
internals, but no display may be as many as 100 total.  Hopefully no more
than 50% will be dead, and parts only, but it may go as high as 75%.

These units appear to have spent time submerged as far as the damage
sustained.  They are purchased from an insurance salvage situation.

I have managed to dismantle them down to a housing set, battery, processor
board, display assembly, and misc. hardware.

Please contact me at jwsmobile [at] g[m] ail.com  (removing special
characters).

Thanks
Jim
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