From: Peter H. Coffin (hellsop_at_ninehells.com)
Date: Tue Aug 12 2003 - 10:28:01 PDT
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 10:31:09AM -0400, Donald Wilson wrote:
>
> On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 08:52 PM, Matthew Boulanger wrote:
>
> > A 199$ Magellan handheld unit will give most people the accuracy they
> > need for boating, hiking, driving, etc. Couple that with a 20$ serial
> > cable (or build your own at home!) and it connects right to the
> > Newton. For my money, it's a much better investment.
> >
>
> So the Magellan units are Newton Compatible?
It depends. Many GPS units have a serial port for transferring data and
one of the things that serial port can do is send position data in a
format known as "NMEA". If both the software you're using on the newt
and the GPS reciever both speak NMEA, then all is good.
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