[Xastir] Asus Eee PC anyone ?

2007-11-20 Thread William McKeehan
I'm thinking this little computer would be a pretty nice fit a mobile APRS system. Has anyone looked at it to see if Xastir can be made to work on it? -- William McKeehan KI4HDU http://mckeehan.homeip.net ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org

Re: [Xastir] Asus Eee PC anyone ?

2007-11-20 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, William McKeehan wrote: I have not found much information about the unit, like what version of Linux it is running and what is available. It's new, so by the time I'd be ready for it, I'm sure all of this stuff will be known and hacked. Looks like they're well on their

Re: [Xastir] Asus Eee PC anyone ?

2007-11-20 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, William McKeehan wrote: I'm thinking this little computer would be a pretty nice fit a mobile APRS system. Has anyone looked at it to see if Xastir can be made to work on it? 4GB of solid-state drive isn't much for storing maps. I have a 6.4GB in my truck-mount PC and

Re: [Xastir] Asus Eee PC anyone ?

2007-11-20 Thread William McKeehan
I agree that 4GB is not a lot. They have an 8GB version coming soon. I envision this as a replacement for my TH-D700 control head and my GPS (display). The only thing I would really miss would be turn-by-turn navigation; I'd have to look at other Linux software to do that. The keyboard may be

RE: [Xastir] Infinity GPS Microphone

2007-11-20 Thread Fred Hillhouse
Interesting product! It is unclear how it interfaces with a radio but it looks like custom cables are available. It doesn't look like it has any mapping built-in. I had trouble just clicking on the links so here they are directly. http://www.infinitygear.com/images/pdfs/P1000RadioENGLISH.pdf

Re: [Xastir] Infinity GPS Microphone

2007-11-20 Thread James Ewen
On Nov 20, 2007 11:44 AM, Fred Hillhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting product! It is unclear how it interfaces with a radio but it looks like custom cables are available. From what I read, this unit will interface through a standard microphone connector. As such, it will have to act in