Tried to post this as reply to proper blog entry, but no worky. Bah.
Jonathan,
take a peek here http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/index.php/GPSOnNewton . Ron, myself and others have compiled quite a bit of data on GPS for Newton.
Ron and I use GPS mouse-type receivers (Ron on a MP120 with external USB pack as power supply, I with my MP2100 and a custom cable adapter by Adriano that feeds my Newton GPS data and pulls power for the receiver -- works great!), but you can also use a Garmin or Magellan as GPS antenna, or a PCMCIA or CF card receiver. Whatever you can borrow or buy cheap, as long as it talks NMEA. No prob!
If you want to know more, check above link and catch me or Ron at http://www.newtontalk.net and post or drop us a mail. -- You may also want to browse the Wiki and rediscover the Newton. Today it does Bluetooth, Wifi, mp3, runs webservers, talks to you, works with cheep and large (CF-)ATA cards, has an OS X emulator, runs a Nintendo emulator, and still has the best screen for reading eBooks on the (non-)market...
Cheers,
'Kasko
The Temporary Newton Library http://www.stillnewt.org/library
Tried to post this as reply
Tried to post this as reply to proper blog entry, but no worky. Bah.
Jonathan,
take a peek here http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/index.php/GPSOnNewton . Ron, myself and others have compiled quite a bit of data on GPS for Newton.
Ron and I use GPS mouse-type receivers (Ron on a MP120 with external USB pack as power supply, I with my MP2100 and a custom cable adapter by Adriano that feeds my Newton GPS data and pulls power for the receiver -- works great!), but you can also use a Garmin or Magellan as GPS antenna, or a PCMCIA or CF card receiver. Whatever you can borrow or buy cheap, as long as it talks NMEA. No prob!
If you want to know more, check above link and catch me or Ron at http://www.newtontalk.net and post or drop us a mail. -- You may also want to browse the Wiki and rediscover the Newton. Today it does Bluetooth, Wifi, mp3, runs webservers, talks to you, works with cheep and large (CF-)ATA cards, has an OS X emulator, runs a Nintendo emulator, and still has the best screen for reading eBooks on the (non-)market...
Cheers,
'Kasko
The Temporary Newton Library http://www.stillnewt.org/library