-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Pritchard [mailto:apritch@...]
Sent: Sunday, 9 January 2000 00:42
To: ui-view@...
Subject: Re: [ui-view] Use of single port laptops
From: "Andy Pritchard" <apritch@...>
Hi Alan
You could try plugging your GPS into the com port and using your soundcard
as the TNC using AGW PACKET ENGINE
73 - Andy, G7OCW
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Wallace <alan.wallace@...>
To: <ui-view@...>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 11:56 PM
Subject: [ui-view] Use of single port laptops
> I am a recent new user of UI-View, and am wildly enthusiastic about this
> great work - congratulations Roger.
>
> A question, which may have a simple answer -
>
> The vast majority of current laptop computers only have one com port
> available. To use UI-View mobile, one needs a GPS port and a TNC port,
so
> this is not possible. Is there a simple, low-cost answer to this
problem?
> Options of purchasing additional PCMCIA com ports (or similar) are not
> really practical.
>
> I note that APRS allows one to configure both TNC and GPS on the one
port,
> and, using either some steering diodes, or a simple switch, the
programme
> recognises the GPS header, and acts on whatever it receives. Is there a
way
> to set up UI-View in a similar manner?
>
> If there is no current, easy answer, maybe Roger is considering this as
a
> future enhancement?
>
> Cheers from New Zealand
>
>
> Alan Wallace ZL1AMW Email: alan.wallace@...
> Talk Around the World - Amateur Radio -
>
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