When the original Atlas Speaks was put on a laptop, a special 2 part
case was developed which I wore on my front. It was about 2 and a
half feet long with the upper compartment housing the wires for the
Magellan 310 serial port receiver and the wires for the additional
numpad keyboard which was velcroed onto the upper right front of the
top compartment. The bottom half of the case held the actual laptop
and when I had mine you only got at the most 2 hours of battery life out of it.
you slipped this case on as if you were wearing a vest backward and
there was a belt which fastened at the waste. this is how I wore the
unit but there were other ways you could wear it, as a backpack, or
over your shoulder or there was a handle to carry the case. The case
folded & could be fastened so that when not in use it was actually
quite nice to carry. I remember a big day occurred when I actually
got 5 satellites. I know I am leaving lots out, but that is how the
original device is carried.
Tosheva has made I don't know if they still do, a tiny laptop with a
regular keyboard, about the same size as a voice note. A gps on
something like that is very doable. One thing very much in favor of
tps being on devices such as the voice sense and Braille Note or a
pda is the lack of heat. Laptops when really used hard, generate
heat & on the original gps-talk list there was considerable
discussion on finding just the right laptop which didn't get so hot.
Trust me folks, carrying one of those things on a hot sticky days
was rather warm.
Just my 2 cents worth on this subject.
Mary Ellen Earls
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tina B." <tinabir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2008/09/13 15:46:49
Subject: [gps-talkusers] gps on laptops
>
>
> Just wondering how portable this would really be. How you would
carry, hear,
> and use the laoptop when you are out and how you'd do it with a braille
> display if you used that. The idea of the pdas is to just carry
it and with
> the strap at least that the bn has, you can just wear it which is what I
> always do with mine, and have it right there, but I can't picture
that with
> a laptop. I'd be interested though to hear how it worhks if anyone figured
> it out or if sendero does revisit that.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Howard Kaufman" <wa9top@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 7:10 AM
> Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: bouncing around
>
>
> >I always check the weather beefore going out. That way I know the
> >prevailing wind direction, speed, and if it is expected to
change. Living
> >near Lake Michigan, the wind will often change in the afternoon, and come
> >from the east off the lake. The temperature can drop 20 DG when the lake
> >turns on the air conditioning. Usually winds die down after
sunset. It's
> >not perfect, but combined with other information, it can be a clue when
> >needed.
> >
>
