GPS

wrote:

Quick -- put the key in the driver's side lock of a Mitsubishi
and open all four doors.

Now do it on a Honda.

Which one worked for you? Either?

Well damn, you better stay with your Honda until they all do
it the way _you_ want.

Why would I buy something I don't want?

--
Jeremy |

wrote:

Quick -- put the key in the driver's side lock of a Mitsubishi
and open all four doors.

Now do it on a Honda.

Which one worked for you? Either?

Well damn, you better stay with your Honda until they all do
it the way _you_ want.

Why would I buy something I don't want?

--
Jeremy |

In article ,
writes
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:18:49 -0500, Ron Hunter
wrote:

Prometheus wrote:
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It would cost the manufacture money to redesign the integrated circuit
to provide USB in addition to NEMA, the customer would have to pay for
that through increased price.

Fine, up the price $20 I will pay!

The adapter to do the job is only a few bucks. Get shopping!

Or he could buy a GPS Rx with USB.
--
Ian G8ILZ

In article ,
writes
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:18:49 -0500, Ron Hunter
wrote:

Prometheus wrote:
-----------Cut-----------
It would cost the manufacture money to redesign the integrated circuit
to provide USB in addition to NEMA, the customer would have to pay for
that through increased price.

Fine, up the price $20 I will pay!

The adapter to do the job is only a few bucks. Get shopping!

Or he could buy a GPS Rx with USB.
--
Ian G8ILZ

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:01:17 +0100, Prometheus
wrote:

In article ,
writes
On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:00:06 +0100, Prometheus
wrote:

In article , Jeremy Nixon
writes
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That seems contradictory, the normal consumer might purchase something
he does not need, but most do not.

Funny you should mention that. Just the other day, I was down
at the local OSH for some bolts. Another guy observed to the young
lady helping him with a purchase decision, "You sure have a great
range of stuff here." To which she replied, "Yep -- everything you
want and nothing you need." :-)

That reminds me of the techno-toy catalogues that come in magazines;
full of things I never knew I did not need.

Yes, that's been a painful gap in my own education. I have to
go to all sorts of toy houses for therapy.

Help may be found at http://www.thinkgeek.com -- I
particularly recommend http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/6b3b/ --
it should take your mind off the harshness of this worldfor a full
fifteen minutes. And it even has a USB interface to satisfy Jeremy's
fondest dream.

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:01:17 +0100, Prometheus
wrote:

In article ,
writes
On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:00:06 +0100, Prometheus
wrote:

In article , Jeremy Nixon
writes
--------Cut--------
That seems contradictory, the normal consumer might purchase something
he does not need, but most do not.

Funny you should mention that. Just the other day, I was down
at the local OSH for some bolts. Another guy observed to the young
lady helping him with a purchase decision, "You sure have a great
range of stuff here." To which she replied, "Yep -- everything you
want and nothing you need." :-)

That reminds me of the techno-toy catalogues that come in magazines;
full of things I never knew I did not need.

Yes, that's been a painful gap in my own education. I have to
go to all sorts of toy houses for therapy.

Help may be found at http://www.thinkgeek.com -- I
particularly recommend http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/6b3b/ --
it should take your mind off the harshness of this worldfor a full
fifteen minutes. And it even has a USB interface to satisfy Jeremy's
fondest dream.

wrote:

Do you have one of those obsolete PCs which isn't capable of
using Google?

Yeah, I saw a couple of things but nothing that looks like it would work
without Windows. That's a show-stopper.

--
Jeremy |

wrote:

Do you have one of those obsolete PCs which isn't capable of
using Google?

Yeah, I saw a couple of things but nothing that looks like it would work
without Windows. That's a show-stopper.

--
Jeremy |

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:22:12 -0500, Ron Hunter
wrote:

Prometheus wrote:

In article ,
writes

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 06:16:02 +0100, Prometheus
wrote:


* Strictly speaking "RS-232" only reefers to the 25 way sub-miniature
connector and not the electrical connexions to the pins which are other
standards.


Are you sure? I believe I heard years ago that it defined only
signal levels (and maximum supported distance criteria for copper) for
25 lines and was otherwise connector-agnostic.

I may well be wrong -- it happened once. A long time ago.


I think you could be right, it was along time ago for me also. I just
did a bit of research, it seems it was originally a nine wire system.

Yes, in a 25 pin connector. Wonder why... The 9-pin connector came later.

Because of the remaining signals not normally required for
simple communications. Nine (or fewer) pins are probably adequate for
95% of what's done with serial comms.

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:22:12 -0500, Ron Hunter
wrote:

Prometheus wrote:

In article ,
writes

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 06:16:02 +0100, Prometheus
wrote:


* Strictly speaking "RS-232" only reefers to the 25 way sub-miniature
connector and not the electrical connexions to the pins which are other
standards.


Are you sure? I believe I heard years ago that it defined only
signal levels (and maximum supported distance criteria for copper) for
25 lines and was otherwise connector-agnostic.

I may well be wrong -- it happened once. A long time ago.


I think you could be right, it was along time ago for me also. I just
did a bit of research, it seems it was originally a nine wire system.

Yes, in a 25 pin connector. Wonder why... The 9-pin connector came later.

Because of the remaining signals not normally required for
simple communications. Nine (or fewer) pins are probably adequate for
95% of what's done with serial comms.