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Here's a better picture of what I owned. It had a huge hard-plastic case: https://www.ebay.com/itm/314936082464 https://www.ebay.com/itm/314936082464 The ante
by TedDoesntTalk 3y ago
Here's a better picture of what I owned. It had a huge hard-plastic case:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/314936082464 https://www.ebay.com/itm/314936082464
The antenna flipped up and doubled as a screen protector:
http://retro-gps.info/photos/files/page2-1023-full.jpg http://retro-gps.info/photos/files/page2-1023-full.jpg
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/zxUAAOSwDspimA3F/s-l1600.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/zxUAAOSwDspimA3F/s-l1600.jpg
Sorry, I don't remember what 6-channel means. I would guess it could receive data from up to 6 satellites? Don't know.
IIRC, this cost about $700 but cartridges were extra. Very expensive for the time. It worked without the cartridges, but I think it only displayed lat/long then, or in any case much more limited info. The carts added more info like town/city/state.
Unfortunately, I could not find any YouTube videos of early GPS receivers.
- metadat 3y agoThanks @TDT for your prompt and rapid reply, always nice to connect with such a generous person who indulges me :D. What a spiffy looking unit, it looks like belongs mounted in the dash of a 198x Mercedes, Porsche, Corvette, Bronco, or similar alongside one of those old school built-in car phones. Archive links of the eBay resources: 1a. https://web.archive.org/web/20231104152903/https://www.ebay.com/itm/314936082464 https://web.archive.org/web/20231104152903/https://www.ebay.... 1b. https://archive.ph/QxwrN https://archive.ph/QxwrN 2a. https://web.archive.org/web/20231104153359/https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/zxUAAOSwDspimA3F/s-l1600.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20231104153359/https://i.ebayimg... 2b. https://archive.ph/crpGm https://archive.ph/crpGm (Adding because of how many broken eBay links I've encountered on forums over the years.. it's always frustrating, haha.)
- TedDoesntTalk 3y agoYou're welcome! This is the best photo in my opinion -- shows the antenna up (not covering screen), unit is powered on, and the unit itself is in excellent condition: https://web.archive.org/web/20231104153749/http://retro-gps.info/photos/files/page2-1023-full.jpg https://web.archive.org/web/20231104153749/http://retro-gps....