[Ham-Mac] GPS and Mac Power Books

Thomas Beaudry [email protected]
Mon, 7 Jul 2003 18:45:30 -0400


Thanks for the info guys.  Now just to check the status of my piggy 
bank...

> Some while ago I have used my G3/400 PowerBook with an Garmin 12
> GPS-receiver and MacGPS. I didn't had any trouble at all,
> Tub
> (PA1TUB - Netherlands)
>
>>> The GPS driver may work under OS X but the last I checked, a couple
>>> of weeks ago, there is no commercial mapping software that supports
>>> GPS and runs under OS X.  I haven't had a chance to check the Open
>>> Source software yet.
>>>
>>
>> MacGPS Pro (<http://www.macgpspro.com>) runs fine under OS X. I have
>> neither a USB capable GPS receiver nor a serial<->USB adapter so I
>> haven't been able to run "live" under OS X, but AFAIK at least the
>> serial GPS receivers should work just fine.
>>
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Thomas M. Beaudry
k8la / ys1ztm
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