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the software sounds great , would love to take a look at it. if you will remember in our compressor room by the door there is a little white laptop leaning against the wall... after using it for about eight months on the boats for double checking our scheduling it went funky on us. we then used it for a prop for some underwater "high tech" shots :-) i think the newer hard drives are more stable tho, we've used three other units since and havent had trouble with either, we keep them in a pelican box and keep the cover closed as much as possible. aloha, dennis On Tue, 19 Dec 1995, Harold Gartner wrote: > I've recently found several software systems that can turn your laptop > computer into a large screen plotter when interfaced with a GPS, DGPS, or > Loran. In the lower resolution scales NOAA charts can be displayed up to > twice the resolution of the charts each of which may be different. In > the plotting mode using Lat/Lon lines the resolution can be such that a > 4" grid = about 400ft. Thus multiple plots can be made outlining the > wreck and allowing one to select the dead center of the wreck for his > permanent DGPS waypoint. The anchor would not be likely to miss the > target with such a fix of the wreck's position. > > I'm told that many small boat owners use laptops, but I'm concerned that > the "bumps in the road" may damage the hard disk; does anyone have any > experience in using a laptop on a small boat (like 25-30ft) and if so > what precautions do you take to dampen the shock etc.? > > If anyone's interested in the software, I'll be happy to supply more > details in that regard. But now that we have DGPS this looks like it's a > great nav. system at a "reasonable" price if I don't ruin my laptop in > the process. > > Harold H. Gartner III > 6900 Via Alba > Camarillo, California 93012 > home: (805) 482-9743 > home fax: (805) 987-6804 > office: (213) 487-6240 > E-Mail: > hgartner@ra*.or* > CompuServe 71470,1423 > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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