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02-01-2005, 09:27 PM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: South Carolina
Vehicle: 2004/Chevy/Cavalier
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delete this thread
I have a compact flash GPS. It came with an adapter to take it to PCMCIA. It's made for PDA's or Notebooks, it came with drivers for all.
I got a notebook motherboard from compgeeks.com a while back when they were liquidating them. I popped a p4 2.0ghz cpu in it, and it's blazin.
I want to turn this into a carPC, with 5" LCD and all. I want to tie the GPS into it.
Will a USB Compact Flash card reader be able to run this GPS? Is there any other way I would be able to use this GPS in my system?
Thanks for any info!
-Matt
Last edited by mattress : 02-02-2005 at 09:36 PM.
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02-01-2005, 11:45 PM
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Idaho
Vehicle: 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 CTD
Posts: 197
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Doubt it. The laptop motherboard didn't have the PCMCIA slot???
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02-01-2005, 11:49 PM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: New Mexico, USA
Vehicle: 04 Pontiac Sunfire (The Racer is dead...)
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Quote: Originally Posted by strohmrs
Doubt it. The laptop motherboard didn't have the PCMCIA slot???
I bet it has the plug for it, the header or whatever, but the actual slot part was probably not included. They are usually removable from the mobo. |
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02-02-2005, 12:05 AM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: New Mexico, USA
Vehicle: 04 Pontiac Sunfire (The Racer is dead...)
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I found a PCI to Compact Flash adapter that will run your GPS thingy, but nothing USB that will support...
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02-02-2005, 05:00 PM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: South Carolina
Vehicle: 2004/Chevy/Cavalier
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Quote: Originally Posted by strohmrs
Doubt it. The laptop motherboard didn't have the PCMCIA slot???
there is no pcmcia slot on it, I'll have to check for the headers and see if I could add the slot to it. nice suggestion |
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02-02-2005, 05:03 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Massachusetts
Vehicle: 2004 GMC Canyon 4x4 Z71 Reg Cab
Posts: 837
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USB GPS are really cheap.
There are USB --> CF adapters, but I feel like that wouldn't work.
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02-02-2005, 05:08 PM
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MySQL Error
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Bristol
Vehicle: Pug 306 & BMW 325i
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i'd sell the compact flash gps on ebay and get a USB one you can mount in your window.
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02-02-2005, 05:20 PM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: South Carolina
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well ... my train of thought is this...
in all retail computers, the card readers on the fron of the computer are actually plugged directly into a USB port header on the motherboard. I'm curious to know if this kind of setup would work.
I'll go to circuit city tonight and test it on one of their computers  |
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02-02-2005, 05:27 PM
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MySQL Error
Join Date: Mar 2004
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most of the time those card readers only support storage devices but it is worth a try i guess.
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02-02-2005, 09:05 PM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: South Carolina
Vehicle: 2004/Chevy/Cavalier
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ok I think i'll do that. Do you have any suggestions on a great USB GPS?
I got this GPS off ebay for under $100. I was originally going to use it between my PDA and my laptop (which both had onboard CF headers, and they both worked fine..)
but since, my PDA has died, and I wanted to build my carputer ... so i'll make the switch
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