And, of course, installing preinit and gpsapp was tricky because of the difficulty I had creating the /programs0 partition. But maybe by the time you get the GPS receiver, Preinint will have been updated to automatically create /programs0 for you. Just remember, don't have the WinZip smart CR/LF conversion on when you extract the preinit TAR file.

Thbpbpbpt. Winzip? I'm a UNIX guy, remember?

I will have no problem getting preinit and gpsapp working properly. The software stuff is the least of my concern. I just saw that you had to solder all sorts of things... I wanted a painless install but I guess I'll be hacking up a DB-9 cable anyway. Any kind of schematic you can provide? Even if it's just one of those fixed-width courier text diagrams on the BBS. Are all GPS receivers going to have the same pin allignment and so forth?