7 Oct
2002
7 Oct
'02
12:04 p.m.
Brian, you are so right. My bad. New habits die hard. Thanks for spotting
the error. --Patrick
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]On
Behalf Of Brian Chase
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 4:21 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: Etak Navigator
On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Patrick Rigney wrote:
Back in the mid-80's, Etak began shipping
what I believe is the first
commercially available in-vehicle navigation system. This
system was the
precursor to today's driver-guidance systems,
and Etak's patents are
probably in most if not all of them. The original Etak Navigator was a
specially-packaged 286 system with 256MB RAM and 256MB ROM, and
a four-track
tape drive on which some of the "OS"
and the digital maps were stored.
I'm guessing you meant to say "256KB RAM and 256KB ROM"; otherwise, that
computer would've probably cost several times more than the car in which
it was used--at least back in the mid-1980s.
-brian.