Len Krauss wrote:
Thus far I've side-stepped legendary compatibility problems with
hooking my Garmin 48 GPS to notebook PC by always using 9-pin serial
port. Never had to experience the trial and error of of USB
connection.

As everyone knows, it's getting to the point where virtually no
low-end notebook PC's have 9-pin serial ports.

Has this GPS-USB hookup problem now been reliably addressed by
whatever means ( XP op system, Garmin software, etc)???

Comments would be appreciated as I'm getting to the point where a new
notebook PC may be in my future and it's unlikely to have 9-pin
serial port.

Thanks,
Len

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Faced with the same problem on my new laptop, and a usb-to-serial converter
that would work fine with Win98 and Win ME, I thought all I had to do was
load the software to my Win XP-Pro machine.

Alas, the OS rejected the drivers, and gave dire warnings that the laptop
might explode if I proeeded to load the older driver.

A search through the Net revealed that the driver manufacturer had been
taken over about 4 times, eventually finishing up as the subsidiary of a
subsidiary of Intel. Result- no drivers for Win XP.

I went onto Ebay and found a supplier of new usb -to-serial converters, with
a WinXP- compatible driver, and am pleased to say all is well! My new laptop
works with my Garmin, no problems. Cost me about £15UK.

Dennis.
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