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From: Woody on 12 Feb 2010 04:14 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:22:30 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh > <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > > >I keep being tempted by those GPS-inna-SDcard things, > > Huh. Which apparently don't exist. I though Eye-Fi did one, but it > turns out to be wifi and the SkyHook database instead. Not much use > for t'Yorkshire Moors piccies. > > Mind you, I rather like this wee GPS box that does the same geotagging > effort as Aperture 3 when you stick your camera SD card into it. > http://www.atpinc.com/p2-4a.php?sn=00000257 I find it odd that more cameras don't have GPS chips in them. THey are only $2 or so. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Sak Wathanasin on 12 Feb 2010 05:58 On 11 Feb, 20:22, Chris Ridd <chrisr...(a)mac.com> wrote: > > USB to serial adapters get a bad rep, rightly so, due to using 5V > > where serial should be 7-12V or some such. Anyone know any good ones > > that work in Snow Leopard? > > The Keyspan USA-19HS (single 9-pin port) has Snow Leopard drivers. Thanks for the reminder - must update mine. I have the Keyspan dual- port one, but haven't had to use it for a while. Last time I used it was to config a Cisco about a year ago. I think I've even used it to flash a new firmware to my Humax via VMWare/Windows on my MB as the Humax updater is Win-only. So it works as advertised.
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 12 Feb 2010 06:04 On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:14:20 +0000, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote: >Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:22:30 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh >> <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: >> >> >I keep being tempted by those GPS-inna-SDcard things, >> >> Huh. Which apparently don't exist. I though Eye-Fi did one, but it >> turns out to be wifi and the SkyHook database instead. Not much use >> for t'Yorkshire Moors piccies. >> >> Mind you, I rather like this wee GPS box that does the same geotagging >> effort as Aperture 3 when you stick your camera SD card into it. >> http://www.atpinc.com/p2-4a.php?sn=00000257 > >I find it odd that more cameras don't have GPS chips in them. THey are >only $2 or so. Likewise. Might be just that using a camera indoors means no GPS coverage, and it's cheaper and easier not to have a support line dealing with the fallout from that. Cheers - Jaimie -- "We have to go forth and crush every world view that doesn't believe in tolerance and free speech." - David Brin
From: Jon B on 12 Feb 2010 06:51 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:22:08 +0000, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> > wrote: > > >On 2010-02-11 19:23:38 +0000, Jaimie Vandenbergh said: > > > >> I've just got back into scuba diving (thanks to a short holiday > >> bobbing up and down in the red sea), and need to get my dive computer > >> connected to slurp out my dives. It's a Suunto Vyper, and it's got an > >> old 9 pin D shell serial connector. Nasty. > > > >You'd think it'd be cheaper to just provide USB nowadays. > > I bought the kit in 2002, so it would have been a little ahead of the > curve... > > >The Keyspan USA-19HS (single 9-pin port) has Snow Leopard drivers. > > And I see it's recommended by Suunto, at that. Sounds like a good bet. > Another vote for the Keyspan here too -- Jon B Above email address IS valid. <http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/> Apple Laptop Repairs.
From: Gwynne Harper on 12 Feb 2010 08:02
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > The little holiday I just took was partly to get back into diving, and > I've never dived outside the UK before so it was spectacularly > impressive. And nice'n'warm. I was surprised how simple it is diving > wetsuit instead of drysuit... and 23'C rather than 4'C! In my case the opposite is true; I don't go in water that's not at tropical temperatures with several metres visibility... Gwynne -- My real email is net, not line. |