April 21, 2005 06:21
Hi Roger,
Welcome to the forum.
Firstly, with regards to powering your iBook, there are a number of 12v chargers available that you can either connect into a cigar-lighter socket, or wire to a spare switch on your 12v circuit. I actually ended up making a Powerbook Pismo 12v adapter (as Apple uses non-standard power plugs) by taking apart an old Apple mains PSU, and soldering the plug to the end of a generic 12v laptop power supply I bought from [url=http://ww5.aitsafe.com/go.htm?go=www.marineelectronics.info&afid=14462&tm=7&im=2]JGTech . This works fine. However there are "proper" iBook adapters out there. Check out [url=http://www.laptopshop.co.uk/Apple-iBook_White_CAR70T13-Laptop_car_adapter-1-ca2.htm]Laptopshop.co.uk ...
With regards to the RayMarine GPS, it very much depends on which model you're using. Reefer, my Trapper 300 had a rather nice RayMarine ST60 system set up on it by the previous owner, with GPS, repeaters, log, depth and wind all connected to the same Seatalk system. In order to be able to interface this data into the Mac, I had to purchase a Seatalk to NMEA convertor for about £100. The reason I opted for this option was due to the amount of Raymarine equipment already on board (in particular the wind indicator for tracking polars and racing performance) However if I'd just had the GPS, I probably wouldn't have bothered ;-) Incidentally, one of the issues of the ST60 is that you can't upload or download waypoints and routes to it which is a real pain!
Hope this helps!
ReeferJon
Welcome to the forum.
Firstly, with regards to powering your iBook, there are a number of 12v chargers available that you can either connect into a cigar-lighter socket, or wire to a spare switch on your 12v circuit. I actually ended up making a Powerbook Pismo 12v adapter (as Apple uses non-standard power plugs) by taking apart an old Apple mains PSU, and soldering the plug to the end of a generic 12v laptop power supply I bought from [url=http://ww5.aitsafe.com/go.htm?go=www.marineelectronics.info&afid=14462&tm=7&im=2]JGTech . This works fine. However there are "proper" iBook adapters out there. Check out [url=http://www.laptopshop.co.uk/Apple-iBook_White_CAR70T13-Laptop_car_adapter-1-ca2.htm]Laptopshop.co.uk ...
With regards to the RayMarine GPS, it very much depends on which model you're using. Reefer, my Trapper 300 had a rather nice RayMarine ST60 system set up on it by the previous owner, with GPS, repeaters, log, depth and wind all connected to the same Seatalk system. In order to be able to interface this data into the Mac, I had to purchase a Seatalk to NMEA convertor for about £100. The reason I opted for this option was due to the amount of Raymarine equipment already on board (in particular the wind indicator for tracking polars and racing performance) However if I'd just had the GPS, I probably wouldn't have bothered ;-) Incidentally, one of the issues of the ST60 is that you can't upload or download waypoints and routes to it which is a real pain!
Hope this helps!
ReeferJon