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2 questions then:

One: does 911 even see the gps??? It is a federal law that it work.

two: I still have my functional serial gps, how do I create a serial link to my old gps, can the usb be made to master?

at this point I am about to take a couple of cmos chips and glue them to the end of the serial line and drive an IRd pair taped to the side of the pda. (which is what I had to do to my toshiba laptop (486 erra)

This method is bulky, there is a matching box on the cable somewhere, but I know it works. If anybody is interested, I will post the schematic. The tricky part is the side that recieves the signal from the pda, too much gain and it amplifies the ac from the lights in the house, to little and you keep having to reinitate the gps reciever.