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On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 10:30:26 -0800 (PST), wrote:

I've heard both good & bad about the panasonic toughbook which
mirrors a pc screen,


The Panasonic Toughbooks are laptop PCs. I've been using one for a
couple of years and so far, so good - even after a few sal****er spray
incidents and one 3 ft drop to a teak deck.

The best way to get most of what you want is to purchase a Furuno
NavNet2 integrated radar/chartplotter with optional ARPA functions.