GPS Satellite Navigation Receiver

This object is a portable satellite navigation receiver that works with a PC and a GPS antenna. The XR4-PC helped to revolutionise the GPS world. The XR4-PC consists of an IBM compatible PC board that will slot into any large lap-top or desk-top computer allowing it to function as a GPS receiver, while at the same time allowing normal software applications to continue. Box with disk, cable, manual, other items.

The XR4-PC enabled oceanographic, geo-surveyors and meterological researchers at sea to combine data inputs to time and location.

Object Details

ID: ZBA9322
Type: GPS Satellite Navigation Receiver
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Systems, Navstar
Date made: 1991
Credit: © Intel Corporation (UK) Limited/Photo: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts: GPS Satellite Navigation Receiver