Slightly OT - looking for power adapter info for Palm III GPS

[David H. Barr]

Also, http://www.qsl.net/n2ixd/tracker/ indicates:

[snip]
The 12-channel OEM GPS board is manufactured by Talon Technology. The
one I used was 'hacked' from a Rand McNally Streetfinder GPS for Palm
III.
[snip]
With a little experimenting I've found that the board will operate
satisfactorily from a supply voltage of +4.5V to +15V DC.

-dhbarr.


On 5/14/05, David H. Barr <dhbarr at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://mightygps.com/pseries.htm seems to indicate (if this is indeed
> the right model) that yes, it does take 12v.
> 
> -dhbarr.
> 
> On 5/14/05, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The Palm isn't quite 10 years old yet, but at least this is cool
> > hand-held tech...
> >
> > I have this Rand McNally Navman/Streetfinder GPS that wraps around a
> > Palm III, and I have lost track of which wall wart charges it up.
> > There is, of course, no power information molded into the case, and as
> > of yet, I have been unable to google any specs.  Does anyone on the
> > list happen to have one of these, or even just know what the input
> > voltage is?  I suspect it might be 12V, so that a simple lead can
> > charge it in the car, but even an examination of the innards hasn't
> > been revealing.  I did run across a variable voltage car adapter with
> > the right tip set to 9V.  Since I don't have many devices with that
> > particular tip (it's the smallest female coax connector in the
> > standard Radio Shack kit), I have reason to suspect that I may have
> > rigged this up some years ago, but I have no direct proof.
> >
> > I realize I should have scrawled the power info on the back with a
> > Sharpie, something I will now do, once I put this thing back in
> > service.
> >
> > Thanks for any tips,
> >
> > -ethan
> >
> >
>