Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Garmin GPS firmware

2020-11-09 Thread elcaseti
The tricky part, if I remember correctly, is that those OSM maps & instructions for the older Garmins are out of date. Garmin has stopped using that software to interface with the devices, & replaced it with a very different program. Probably still doable, but we have to figure out how to make it

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Garmin GPS firmware

2020-11-09 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 9 Nov 2020, Rich Shepard wrote: Take a look at this page: . There are more resources, including on the OSM wiki. A web search for "openstreetmap on garmin" finds abundant information on obtaining OSM maps in Garmin format. Regards, Rich __

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Garmin GPS firmware

2020-11-09 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 12 Oct 2020, elcaseti wrote: On a related note, I'd like to try installing Openstreetmap on my Garmin 1350, if I can find good instructions on how to do that. That's the only way to keep most of their maps updated without paying Garmin some crazy amount of $ each time you update the map.

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Garmin GPS firmware

2020-10-12 Thread elcaseti
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 3:17 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 12 Oct 2020, elcaseti wrote: > > > I'll be interested to hear how well that works without using the Windows > > GUI. > > There are two different actions we're discussing. Firmware upgrades are > done > from the console, or a DOS 'windo

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Garmin GPS firmware

2020-10-12 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 12 Oct 2020, elcaseti wrote: I'll be interested to hear how well that works without using the Windows GUI. There are two different actions we're discussing. Firmware upgrades are done from the console, or a DOS 'window' in Microsoft-world. It's been a few y years since I did this but I

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Garmin GPS firmware

2020-10-12 Thread elcaseti
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:00 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 12 Oct 2020, elcaseti wrote: > > > I think using WINE to upgrade the firmware carries a risk of bricking > > them. Your best bet is to install Windows on bare metal & use that to > > update the firmware. > > I'll boot a laptop into DO

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Garmin GPS firmware

2020-10-12 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 12 Oct 2020, elcaseti wrote: I think using WINE to upgrade the firmware carries a risk of bricking them. Your best bet is to install Windows on bare metal & use that to update the firmware. I'll boot a laptop into DOS from the flash drive and upgrade the Garmin system firmware that way

Re: [PLUG] Upgrading Garmin GPS firmware

2020-10-12 Thread elcaseti
I have a small collection of Garmin GPS devices that I really like to use. I've bought all of them used over the years, mostly at thrift stores for ~$5.00 each. I think using WINE to upgrade the firmware carries a risk of bricking them. Your best bet is to install Windows on bare metal & use that

[PLUG] Upgrading Garmin GPS firmware

2020-10-11 Thread Rich Shepard
Garmin provides only Windoze and Mac packages to upgrade firmware on their GPS receivers. Does anyone know if this works with wine? I think I have a version of DOS on a flash drive for this situation, but no longer have the little Dell 2100 that I could boot into that (after copying the .exe fil