[plug] Linux and GPS (now rather off-topic)

[Mike Holland]

On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Shackleton, Kevin wrote:

> If you're buying a Garmin cable and you're not a soldering disaster area,
> get the bare-ended one designed for boats.  It's the cheapest and has the 4
> wires - 12 V, Gnd, TxD and RxD.  The lead with the cigarette lighter plug

Could GPS ports be the same as mobile phones, ie RS-232 except at TTL
voltage levels? If so, its easy to do your own cable with a MAX232 chip.

ObOT: to talk to you Nokia from Linux, see gnokii.org . 

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Mike Holland  <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>
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