XR4 GPS Receiver PC Card

The XR4-PC helped to revolutionise GPS consumer products. 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: ZBA9322.2
Type: GPS Receiver PC Card
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Systems, Navstar
Date made: 1991
Credit: © Intel Corporation (UK) Limited/Photo: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 23 mm x 355 mm x 125 mm
Parts: GPS Satellite Navigation Receiver