10mb hard drive? What the heck would you have that would take up that much room? Overindulgence in the high tech goodies, I'm afraid. You need to rethink your priorities.
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 5:31 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Handheld GPS recommendations, anyone? You got 5.25" floppies. We havent upgraded from the 8" units! Considered cassette tapes but now thinking about dropping floppies & tape and going straight to a winchester hard drive. I hear they are up to 10MB! On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 1:43 AM, Robert West<robert.w...@just-micro.com> wrote: > We upgraded our systems a few years ago. We ran abacus 1.0 for years but it > got to where we were having to add more rows of wooden balls and I kept > losing my place. So, we opened up the wallet and plunked down 6 bucks (I > was able to talk them down from 7) for the recent IBM ps/2 running PC-DOS > 3.2 and SuperCalc on dual 5.25" floppies. We have no need for 640k and > frankly I wasn't about to spend the additional 75 cents the thrift store > salesperson wanted to charge us. Running with 384k seems to do the job for > us. I looked at windows 286 but I wasn't sure how long that company would > be around so we just saved the cash. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of RickG > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 9:02 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Handheld GPS recommendations, anyone? > > LOL! Did you have to upgrade from DOS1.1 to 3.2 so the OS will see > memory above 640k? When you need multi-tasking, you can do a > technology leapfrog from Windows 286 to 3.1! > -RickG > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Robert West<robert.w...@just-micro.com> > wrote: >> We use a Sextant and a compass to do our site surveys at night. No need > for >> such fancy foo-foo apps! The sextant is all a man will ever need and then >> some! We then plug the numbers we get into our IBM ps/2 computer running >> DOS 3.2 and viola! Our exact position give or take a couple of miles. >> >> Fellow Luddites, rise up and cast off this oppressive technology! (But >> leave my internets alone!) >> >> Bob- >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Gino Villarini >> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 9:12 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Handheld GPS recommendations, anyone? >> >> Any one has used the pUniverse App? >> >> You just point it to the sky and it puts a realtime image overlay 0f >> all the stars... >> >> How I wish I had a similar app for my towers!!! >> >> Site Surveys would be a piece of cake! >> >> Gino A. Villarini >> g...@aeronetpr.com >> Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. >> tel 787.273.4143 fax 787.273.4145 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Chuck Hogg >> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 9:07 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Handheld GPS recommendations, anyone? >> >> Yep, we all have iPhones as well. The GPS/Compass built in makes it >> easier for them to find towers/repeaters. Also, during Site Surveys, >> they have the exact GPS coordinates of where the test was done. >> >> Regards, >> Chuck Hogg >> Shelby Broadband >> 502-722-9292 >> ch...@shelbybb.com >> http://www.shelbybb.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >> Behalf Of Chuck Bartosch >> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:03 PM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Handheld GPS recommendations, anyone? >> >> This might sound off-the-wall, but you could do a lot worse than pick >> an iPhone. The GPS in it works really very well, compass and all. >> >> In terms of ruggedness, one of my staff members dropped his iPhone >> from a tower 110' up. Stupid, I know, but he was trying to talk to the >> guy on the ground. Anyway, the phone survived the fall after he put >> the pieces back together. It does have a small dent. But he didn't >> even have to bring it back in to Apple tech support. >> >> Oh, if anyone was wondering, turns out that battery IS removable ;-). >> >> Anyway, we've been so pleased with the iPhone we bought every single >> staff member an iPhone last year-even the book keeper. >> >> Chuck >> >> >> On Aug 20, 2009, at 4:23 PM, Robert West wrote: >> >>> I'm finally getting rid of my Delorme Earthmate GPS unit. It has >>> served me >>> well these past 10 years................. I will certainly miss >>> having to >>> boot up my laptop, plug the thing into the serial port of my OLD >>> laptop >>> because the newer ones do not have the serial port and to use that >>> USB to >>> serial adapter is more fun that I could handle.... Then hope and >>> pray that >>> the batteries in the Earthmate are still good for I always forget to >>> check >>> before I go out............ But with that said, I need a replacement. >>> >>> I've been looking at some small Garmin all weather units but they >>> seem to >>> stress geo-caching and hiking. If I had time for that, it may get my >>> attention, but I own a small business that I started because I >>> needed to be >>> more flexible with my time. Working 80 hours+ a week is about as >>> flexible >>> as it gets so no, I do not have time for that sort of crazy, high on >>> life >>> sort of living. >>> >>> I simply need a GPS that I won't break (or be too badly damaged) >>> when I drop >>> it off a 70 foot AP (it will happen, trust me), that will not be >>> ruined when >>> I forget it on the top of the same AP and go home and it just >>> happens to >>> rain overnight, can be recharged in the van and will give me the two >>> pieces >>> of information I really desire......... My location coordinates and >>> how >>> high I am. Someone else can mess with all those other functions, >>> I'd have >>> to give it to my 4 year old to figure that stuff out anyhow, I just >>> need to >>> know where and how high. >>> >>> Anyone have a good recommendation on a handheld GPS unit? (I guess >>> I could >>> have just said one line but it's not as fun) >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Robert West >>> Just Micro Digital Services Inc. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> -------- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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