Driving and Sailing ... where to go from here(?)
- From: David <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 17:47:02 -0700
I have been using a Garmin 12 Map for years now, and I still love it. But
a new, unanticipated problem has arisen, and I don't know where to go from
here. I would welcome any thoughts.
ON THE ROAD, I have interfaced my 12 Map with an old Win 98 laptop and
Street Atlas, and it has bailed me out of many a fix. Often on mountain
mule trails that barely appear on a paper map. But the old laptop finally
gave out. So I bought a new XP one. Unfortunately, it didn't have a
serial interface for the GPS. So I bought an USB to Serial converter. And
another. And another. After three tries, and many, many hours, I finally
just gave up and returned the new laptop, because that was the main
application that I wanted it for.
ON THE WATER, I have used the 12 Map for sailing in places like Thailand
and Australia, in unfamiliar waters, where it has bailed me out of
considerably bigger fixes. This was to have been the other major
application for the new laptop, on which I had planned to run my old copy
of Ozi Explorer, to provide me with greater capability than the 12 Map by
itself. Well, the above USB converter issue took care of that fantasy.
So now I am stuck with only my dear old 12 Map, with no improved capability
on the water, and even less capability than before on the road. I can't
even read my emails at a motel.
Belatedly, after the above USB misadventures, I have learned from Jack, Joe
and Dale's website that some people have had success with these USB
converters. Unfortunately, just not the ones that I tried. But since I
now no longer have the laptop, I guess that fact is pretty useless.
So, finally, I am left with the original question, where should I go from
here? I would sincerely appreciate anyone's thoughts. (Including, I
guess, even the obvious one.)
Thank you very much,
David
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