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Today's Topics:
1. Re: solar powered digi/wx (James Jefferson Jarvis)
2. Laptops with true Serial Port (Robert Bruninga)
3. RE: Laptops with true Serial Port (Bogdan, Rick)
4. Re: Laptops with true Serial Port (Jeff Davis)
5. RE: Laptops with true Serial Port (Walden, Lee)
6. Re: Laptops with true Serial Port (Doug Ferrell)
7. Re: Laptops with true Serial Port (Earl Needham)
8. RE: Laptops with true Serial Port (Mark Cheavens)
9. Re: Laptops with true Serial Port (Todd)
10. Re: Laptops with true Serial Port (Stephen H. Smith)
11. Re: Laptops with true Serial Port (n6lrv_at_cox.net)
12. Re: Laptops with true Serial Port (Charles Doughtie)
13. Re: Laptops with true Serial Port (Keith VE7GDH)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 12:08:31 -0600
From: James Jefferson Jarvis <jj_at_aprsworld.net>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] solar powered digi/wx
Hello Peter,
My company builds weather stations. We have many many solar powered weather
stations around the world. In fact I just got off the phone with someone
installing one of our weather stations on top of an active volcano in
Chile.
There are a few old photos on our customer showcase page:
http://www.aprsworld.com/wind2/applications/
And a few on our new photo gallery:
http://www.aprsworld.com/gallery/
And a few on a product page:
http://www.aprsworld.com/selfcontained/
And many over the years on my personal photo gallery:
http://jamesj.jarviscomputer.com/gallery/wiscoy
I've built many solar weather stations over the last 7 years, so I would be
happy to help any way I can.
As a shameless plug for my company,
[commercial content deleted]
-James Jarvis KB0THN
On Monday 05 February 2007 10:42, Peter Maxfield wrote:
>Hello everybody!
>
>Does anyone have any pictures of a solar powered digi or WX station they
>would like to share? We (the royal "we") are looking into trying to
>develop something similar and would really appreciate tidbits from anyone
>who is willing to share some wisdom!
>
>Thanx in advance!
>Best regards,
>Peter Maxfield, W1LBR-7
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:12:05 -0500
From: "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga_at_usna.edu>
Subject: [aprssig] Laptops with true Serial Port
We need to purchase NEW laptops but have to have a serial port.
Our purchasing department says they cannot find any. I know they are hard
to find if at all. Does anyone have any leads? Not Ebay, not used. Must
be in current production.
I have heard of many problems with USB to serial adapters, and want to
avoid that. We must have COM1 or COM2.
Bob, WB4APR
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:18:05 -0500
From: "Bogdan, Rick" <rbogdan_at_ursinus.edu>
Subject: RE: [aprssig] Laptops with true Serial Port
New Dell Latitudes have one serial port.
Rick ka1udx
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 16:19:23 +0000 (UTC)
From: Jeff Davis <ke9v_at_sdf.lonestar.org>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Laptops with true Serial Port
On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Robert Bruninga wrote:
>We need to purchase NEW laptops but have to have a serial port.
Bob, the place where I work recently gave me a new Dell Latitude D620. I
have no idea if these are production "new" but mine was still in the box
when I got it 6 months ago and it has a serial port.
Good luck!
73,
--
jeff
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 08:21:12 -0800
From: "Walden, Lee" <LWalden_at_ebmud.com>
Subject: RE: [aprssig] Laptops with true Serial Port
Panasonic Toughbooks have D-sub 9 pin serial ports too.
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 11:27:10 -0500 (EST)
From: Doug Ferrell <kd4moj_at_kd4moj.org>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Laptops with true Serial Port
Bob Motorola ML900's have 1 serial port, used with a dockstation you have
two.
--
....DOUG
KD4MOJ
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:26:52 -0700
From: Earl Needham <needhame1_at_plateautel.net>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Laptops with true Serial Port
Bob, check out Dell --
http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/latit_d620?c=us&cs=04&e
l=n&s=bsd&~section=specs#tabtop
7 3
Earl
KD5XB
Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs
"Just say NO to DHL"
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 10:27:41 -0600
From: Mark Cheavens <mcheavens_at_usa.net>
Subject: RE: [aprssig] Laptops with true Serial Port
I have one of the newest D620's (we are a preferred customer of Dells
(Greater that 100k computers purchased annually)). Our mandate requires 3
years full support with our image. The D620 has ONE serial port. - NO -
Printer port!!!! (Yes I can no longer use my eprom programmer!!)
Great laptop so far (purchased this batch in April of last year with
May deployment).
Mark
KC5EVE
At 10:18 AM 2/6/2007, you wrote:
>New Dell Latitudes have one serial port.
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 08:27:22 -0800
From: "Todd" <gaffit_at_sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Laptops with true Serial Port
Panasonic Toughbooks. But your purchasing Dep't has to have some $$.
They're expensive.
http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/fully-rugged.asp
And I notice that only a few of the new models have the serial port.
73, Todd KH2TJ
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:47:39 -0800
From: "Stephen H. Smith" <wa8lmf2_at_aol.com>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Laptops with true Serial Port
The Panasonic Toughbook CF-51 (15" Screen 1.6GHz Intel Dual-Core Celeron)
has a real serial port. Toughbooks are ruggedized laptops that tolerate
high operating temperatures and are intended for mobile operation. (The
upper-level Toughbooks have all-metal cases and are used in military
vehicles, police cars, etc.) Details on my "semi-rugged" Toughbook here:
The is the machine I use for my mobile APRS operation with the D700.
See the installation here:
It does have a real serial port but no PARALLEL port, although oddly it
shows in the Windows Device Manager. (Apparently the parallel port
circuitry is in the machine but the DB-25 connector is in the accessory
docking station for this machine.
[ NOTE: Aside from the lack of SERIAL ports on modern retail laptops,
one should be aware that nearly all also lack PARALLEL ports, and also
lack stereo LINE-level inputs to the sound system. (Nearly all have
monophonic MIC-level inputs only. This can be an issue with sound-card
based ham applications.) ]
The only more-or-less off-the-shelf laptop with more than one serial
port (that I am aware of) is the Amrel Rocky which is also a metal-cased
ruggedized machine sold into the military and public-safety land-mobile
market. In terms of processor generations, it's not a bleeding-edge
design, being very conservatively based on a Pentium III Celeron and
older-generation interface-logic and video chip sets. This means no
issues with esoteric drivers for audio/video/Ethernet. Even Win98 will
install out of the box on this unit with no external drivers required.
Details at:
--
Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
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Home Page: http://wa8lmf.com --OR-- http://wa8lmf.net
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http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/JAVaprsFilters.htm
"APRS 101" Explanation of APRS Path Selection & Digipeating
http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths
Updated "Rev G" APRS http://wa8lmf.net/aprs
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UIpoint and APRSplus:
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 9:01:54 -0800
From: <n6lrv_at_cox.net>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Laptops with true Serial Port
Bob,
your purchasing people must only be 'looking' and not 'asking'. Serial
ports are still available on request from most major manufacturers of
laptops including Dell, Panasonic, Motorola, HP, and many others but they
must ASK for it specificially. Same thing goes for parallel ports.
Gary
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