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Frankie-Boy:

Hi Saffy,

The machine you show is identical to the one I have, no touch screen on mine either  :(

I also installed MM on it but still with the Windows 2000 OS and it seems to run ok, the mapping is all running from the DVD drive so fairly quick.

I'm glad I read your write up about it and now I know that its possible to upgrade the hard drive to something more usable so I'll be looking out for a better HDD.

Annoyingly I'm having some difficulty getting it to see my GPS, I'm using a Garmin Streetpilot 3.

I'll keep at it until I get it sorted  :)

Saffy:

--- Quote from: Frankie-Boy on July 27, 2010, 17:37:25 ---I'm glad I read your write up about it and now I know that its possible to upgrade the hard drive to something more usable so I'll be looking out for a better HDD.

--- End quote ---

yes the hard drive just a normal laptop drive but it's inside a gel filled housing. Just need to unscrew that housing and pull out one  side of the gel pack to remove drive. It's all pretty straight forward .

M6GKX:
Saffy: Thanks for the links to your piccies, you've got some nice piccies there of your vehicle and your laning trips.

Frankie: The SP3 is quite easy with MM. You can set it up in MM to recognise it as a Garmin or a NMEA feed. Just set the serial port to match where it is and away you go. I've got an SP3 here which I was intending on using for APRS which is currently on hold, but have used it as GPS and it great at it. I've got the split power/data cable from pfranc (

Frankie-Boy:

Hi M6GKX, sorry don't know your name,  :)


we have tried all sorts of things to resolve the connection problems but without any luck so unless you have a magic wand to wave I don't know what to try next, we've tried using different laptops, different Garmin GPS units and combinations of all the components and settings, we've even tried new connecting cables but the machines just don't see each other, its got me flummoxed anyway.

M6GKX:
Well, you're over in Northants, so not far. Will you be coming to Stoneleigh as well or to the M/C event at Billing?

I shall try and get all my hardware together so I can swing by for a visit. Not sure when it would be as on lates with work. Are you a 'normal' 9-5, mon to fri kinda guy ;)

Elwyn

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