Re: ti-85 as a GPS???

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Subject: Re: ti-85 as a GPS???
From: Klukan <renegade@BMT.NET>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 18:30:05 -0700
References: <01BD19E1.253C80A0@chippewa.nsc.com>
Reply-To: Klukan <renegade@BMT.NET>

Mike Leister wrote:

> Hi Tim!
>
> Not a chance in the world!  I have a GPS and you need very
> sophisticated hardware and software to implement it.  The best you
> could do is get one of the more sophisticated  GPS units with a serial
> link, and download data to your calc.  Way to expensive.  I went to
> school with a guy that wrote software for imbedded GPS products, and
> he had many MB of memory and a fast processor to do it.
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Timothy Thate [SMTP:tthate1@TIGER.TOWSON.EDU]
> Sent:   Monday, January 05, 1998 9:32 AM
> To:     CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
> Subject:        ti-85 as a GPS???
>
> Does anyone have an idea about how plausible it would be for a ti-85
> calculator to be used as a Global Positioning System?
>
> -tim

The HP 200LX (and 100LX) is GPS-capable.  You could probably find one
for around $150 or so.

-Jeremy

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Re: ti-85 as a GPS???

From: Mike Leister <leister@BAGHWAN.NSC.COM>