Etak Navigator

From: Brian Chase <vaxzilla_at_jarai.org>
Date: Mon Oct 7 18:19:00 2002

On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Patrick Rigney wrote:

> Back in the mid-80's, Etak began shipping what I believe is the first
> commercially available in-vehicle navigation system. This system was the
> precursor to today's driver-guidance systems, and Etak's patents are
> probably in most if not all of them. The original Etak Navigator was a
> specially-packaged 286 system with 256MB RAM and 256MB ROM, and a four-track
> tape drive on which some of the "OS" and the digital maps were stored.

I'm guessing you meant to say "256KB RAM and 256KB ROM"; otherwise, that
computer would've probably cost several times more than the car in which
it was used--at least back in the mid-1980s.

-brian.
Received on Mon Oct 07 2002 - 18:19:00 BST