In your message dated Monday 7, October 1996 you wrote :
> Just a note for those contemplating use of the GARMIN 45 in Europa:
>
> Some of the "random turnoffs" of the unit may have something to
> do with its built-in 90-knot speed limit--an unassailable software patch
> put in by GARMIN specifically to avoid the unit's use (read: sale) in the
> aviation marketplace. Thus, it'll generally be OK in a J-3 Kitten or the
> like (except with big tailwinds), but I'd hope any decent Europa would
> put it past its limit in short order.
>
> Actually, the receiver continues to track just fine; it's just
> the display that freezes up.
Although the cheaper Garmins are speed restricted the Magellan GPS 2000 is not!
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