Late nite mapping question

Hope you get the network going and you won't need to go with memory sticks

Thanks Bro for all the advice over the phone.. Better go have a nap now and tackle the ethernet cable in the morning


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you would be needing a fair size memory stick Nat map is about 8 gigs

portable hard drive might be the go if you havnt got one already. I seem to recall you want it mostly for photos for which a portabl hard drive is ideal. I keep no pics on my computer.

I think 200gig is less than $100 now and office works is as good a place as any - there is one about 2 min walk from Elizebeth shopping centre

Yerr thanks....trouble is Office Works is now 250k away...lol


Yep, really only wanted the laptop for photo downloads and notes on the run as I have a PDA with Natmap etc. But having Natmap stored as well will be handy especially for using the Satellite feature.


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get outmore, that is why the first question was about the size of his memory stick. I know Willem uses them for music. The local post office has 4gig at under $17, when 2gig are frequently a similar price. You can get an external 160gig HD for about $100.

Bro, if you can get the network going, that helps too further down the track. Bro, what do you want the satellite feature for? You can see where they are on the PDA I would have thought.

Bro

Satellite grading feature does not work on my PDA


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Gidday Willem,

You have a removable HDD if I recall, Didnt we make one from your old Laptop? If so use this.. Now for a silly question, do you want Natmap Raster loaded or just Oziexplorer running the 2008 Raster Map? Much easier to do the later, download Ozi from site and then just import the 250K map from Raster on your PC.


Hope you get it sorted, what operating system is the Acer running...?

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Blaze

See post 64619

I only wanted Natmap loaded to the Acer, nothing esle and that has been achieved.

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No probs Willie,

I knew a man of your technical ability would have it sorted out.

Are you going to use it with a USB GPS ?

No

Laptop is for photo download only and Natmap Satellite viewing (which does not work on my PDA...as you would know)

Thanks Bungarra

I will try that option if the ethernet cable thingy doesn't work


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No wonder the banks went into decline.. ya got yer maths wrong with the generations...hahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Yeah, I know, silly hey? Can't help ourselves though.



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Blue

Nice choice. Blue was my second choice. Anything but universal black.

I probably would have even gone for pink if it was the only alternative to black.

Good to hear that Dave helped you sort things out without another trip to the Big Smoke or more expense.

It's actually a beaut little PC isn't it? And I'm glad they put XP on it instead of Vista.

Hope you enjoy it.

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Ta

No local PC. Closest is 110km away

Will figure out how ethernet works and use desktop 'puter or will buy a 8gig plus flash card


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Willem, you need a degree in rocket science to get the ethernet going.

Here are some hints.
If you have vista on any machine go to step 5
1)If you have a hub use that and standard ethernet cables.
2)if not get a crossover cable

The conectors on both pc's should have flashing lights.
3)Go to connections, and select the ethernet interfaces and go to properties. Make sure you have file and printer sharing enabled on both PC's
4)Right Click on the DVD of the donor PC and enable file sharing.

If the sun, moon and stars are all aligned then you should be able to see the DVD from the new PC.

5)When this all fails, Just buy a USB DVD drive as Gone bush suggests.

Boobook2

No Vista

Can't find pare ethernet cable

Have spare ethernet connection points

Yep had a look at the Networking thingo last night

Think I will go buy a flashcard tomorrow and try that first


Thanks for the suggestions


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Hi Stephen

No I have not enabled Microsoft Office stuff as that is another $100 and I do not need it on this laptop. Have copied all WORD stuff to NOTEPAD and it works just as well.

Don't need Ozi either. Only want to load Natmap 2008 so that I can use Satellite feature as this does not work on my PDA

All internal Windows and Microsoft programmes work OK for what I want

Thanks for the feedback


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