"rec.boats" wrote in
ps.com:

I just heard today that the about to be released new 4000/5000 series
will only display g2 charts. If you have old mapsource or bluecharts
they will have to be upgraded. Very annoying that Garmin didi not
make the units backward compatible.



Hmm...I'll have to start looking for another cheap Garmin "throw away".
I paid $12 for my Garmin 185 GPS/Sonar/Chartplotter some one threw away
to a thrift shop because damned Garmin won't let anyone produce the chart
plugs for them, trying to force boaters to buy a new $900 plotter every
few years.

Same old proprietary NMEA bull**** boaters have suffered since NMEA was
organized. As long as boaters will buy it, they'll all keep producing
incompatible electronics with forcible obsolescense.

Larry
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