Re: [Thinkpad] Thinkpads at sea?

Hi Andrew
I am runnintg Fugawi (mapping and Gps tracking program on my TP 390E with
192 meg mem and a P2 333 mhz.This works fine.You can buy Fugawi for around
$100 and nautical charts can be had for $8.50 /chart or $100 for a Cd with a
particular region (multiple charts of geo area)
Sea water will reck a laptop if it gets wet,so you need to protect it some
how.Just from moisture in the air you probably would not get more then 3 - 4
years,you idea of an older machine is sound thinking.
Regards Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew in Ann Arbor" <andrewaa@comcast.net>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 8:20 AM
Subject: [Thinkpad] Thinkpads at sea?

> Hello all
> I just got back from a visit with my brother in law in Alaska.
> He asked me if I could find him a laptop.
> Of course I suggested a Thinkpad.
>
> At home he wants to record and playback music.
> He's found a radio receiver that plugs into a serial port, go to
> <http://www.icomamerica.com/receivers/default.asp>
> and look for the PCR1000 under "PC Controlled" on the left.
> The receiver software runs under Windows.
>
> At sea (on his fishing boat) he wants to plug into his GPS and run some
> charting and navigation program.
> I'm not sure what kind of hardware the charting program takes so I don't
> yet know how much processor I need to get. I'm expecting that storing
> large graphics will take a lot of disk space.
>
> I'm wondering how to handle the marine environment, very high humidity
> surrounded by salt water.
> Will a thinkpad stand up to this sort of treatment?
> Should I be thinking about a sealed case with external (easily replaced)
> keyboard and display?
> If the charting software can run on an older computer maybe it would
> make more sense to buy a cheaper computer and plan on replacing it every
> year or two?
>
> Anyone got any experience with thinkpads at sea?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Andrew in Ann Arbor
> technology is the answer, what was the question?
>
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