[gps-talkusers] Getting GPS Receiver to Work with Atlas/GPS Talk Version 1.85

Hi Folks,
My name is Tim Ford, and this is my first time on this list.  I live in 
Northern California, outside of a small Sierra Nevada foothill community named 
Cool, which is near Auburn, which is on Interstate 80 between Sacramento and 
Lake Tahoe.  I have played around with GPS in the past, and want to get going 
on it again.  However, I need some help in getting things to run on this new XP 
Pro machine I have.  Can someone here help?  Here are the particulars.  

I have Atlas/GPS Talk version 1.85.  Yes, I know, that ancient thing!

In the past, I have used the program and my GPS receiver (Holux brand) on my 
old laptop running Win98, second edition.

I just received a new laptop, running XP Professional Edition, and I need some 
advice on how to get the GPS receiver running with Atlas version 1.85.

I have installed version 1.85, and it seems to operate fine, except that I 
cannot get the GPS receiver to work with the Atlas program.

The GPS receiver is plugged in to a USB port, and according to the device 
manager, the GPS receiver is running on com port 8 when plugged into the USB 
socket I am using.

I do not remember just how the GPS drivers and other stuff were installed on 
the Win98 computer, but I thought I was prompted for something about the GPS 
receiver.  I did not notice any similar prompts about GPS when installing 
version 1.85 on this XP machine.

I know the GPS receiver is working, because it is running just fine with the 
Delorme Street Atlas 2004 program that I also installed on this machine.

Any ideas would be appreciated.  Oh yes, the receiver is the NMEA type, and on 
Delorme, it is running fine when identified merely as a "generic NMEA" 
receiver.  I also have the official latest XP drivers for the device, so I 
think all is well with the receiver end of things.

Much thanks in advance for any suggestions.  I am not very tecky, so please 
type slow and explain things to me with small words!

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