[TAZ]

Anyone out there use OSX and their GPS unit together yet? Have a Garmin Legend and recently donated my left over PC to a family member. Would like to be able to load maps and such still. Also who makes a good serial converter so I can turn one of my USB port into a serial port.

[Roxie]

Garmin hates Macs... sad but true. I did not believe it myself until running across this thread a few days ago. I wanted to get a StreetPilot, but probably won't now. It's shame because I hear they are the best.

<a href="http://www.gpscity.com/cgi-bin/discuss/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=7&t=000114" target="_blank">http://www.gpscity.com/cgi-bin/discuss/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=7&t=000114</a>

[Roxie]

Sorry, you asked about a converter. This one, I'm told will work fine. You're still not going to be able to use it with OSX, but I would love to be proven wrong.

<a href="http://www.gpscity.com/accessories/cables/usbadapter.html" target="_blank">http://www.gpscity.com/accessories/cables/usbadapter.html</a>

<small>[ 07-07-2002, 01:45 AM: Message edited by: Roxie ]</small>

[santa]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by TAZ:
<strong>Anyone out there use OSX and their GPS unit together yet? Have a Garmin Legend and recently donated my left over PC to a family member. Would like to be able to load maps and such still. Also who makes a good serial converter so I can turn one of my USB port into a serial port.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">&lt;http://www.macgpspro.com&gt; has the cables and a program that may or may not suit your needs. It's perfect for me but it's not a street program. Anyway...Garmins and Macs go together well in spite of Garmin' lack of support with firmware update availability on the Mac.

[spiky_dog]

iirc, gpsy.com has info on converters along with everything else GPS and Mac.