[geeks] Now for something completely geek

Mike Hebel nimitz at nimitzbrood.com
Fri Aug 18 07:03:52 CDT 2006


Thus spake Steve Haavik:
> I've got a Motorola (Nextel) i730 that has a builtin GPS. The basic GPS
> software that came with it has an option to do NMEA out. I'm assuming
> you'd use the programming cable to get at the data but seeing as I haven't
> seen the manual since I got it and they only bought one cable that has
> since disappeared I have no way to check.

My i710 does the same thing - and yes you use the programming cable.  Mine
works under most Linux distros, Mac OS X, and of course that other
"legacy" operating system. ;-)

Mike
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