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I just acquired a Trimble Pathfinder basic GPS device. I have never
used a GPS before.  This one is more rugged looking and less user
friendly than the consumer GPS units I have seen. I did a quick
google for this and found the Trimble site. They say it is not
supported and it is not Y2K compliant. Does this toll the death nell
for this device? If not, can someone direct me to a downloadable
manual? Also, it does not have an antenna. What frequency do GPS
receivers use? Perhaps I can cut my own antenna. If this is not
recommended, please direct me to a source for an acceptable antenna.

I am also a short-wave listener and this seems to have an accurate
clock. As soon as I replaced the batteries and turned it on it
started up with the correct date, but the incorrect time. How does
one set this up? It came with 3 each 3.5 inch floppy discs with
PFINDER Version 3.00 GPS processing software. It also came with a
data transfer cable that mates with a serial port. I have an adapter
that will convert USB to Serial and I have access to a 3.5 inch
floppy to USB adapter. However I bet Version 3.00 will not run on my
Windows XP. Any recommendations?

I would like to get this thing working again as a GPS navigation
tool. Short of this I would be happy if I could use it as an accurate
clock. If anyone has any answers I would be grateful.

Cheers!

Jim

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