donations?

[w00blyn]

psp fans, join the fund! we're gonna buy deniska one o' those shiny GPS units (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-bh-49-en-70-1mij.html)

feel free to pitch any amount, it's all good.
donate to televny@yahoo[dot]com
goal: $80 USD


Great success! Deniska now has a Sony GPS unit, and we can all wish him and the others at ps2dev.org the best of luck.

donators:
w00blyn - $10
pctechie - $10
in7ane - $20
obazavil - $10

p.s. if you donated and aren't on the list plz lemme know :D

[joshisposer]

i thought gps was only 30 usd. that would quite a lot at 100

[w00blyn]

i thought playasia was the only place that has them in stock, and they go for $60 US. plus shipping to somewhere would probably be ~$80 US.

so ya, if 16 ppl threw down five bones it'd probably be enough.

[Russoxley187]

I'll Donate....
lets do it...

[w00blyn]

sweet! im in. i sent Deniska a PM, once I get a response I'll let everyone know and we can get this thing rollin'.

[deniska]

sweet! im in. i sent Deniska a PM, once I get a response I'll let everyone know and we can get this thing rollin'.


Thank you, guys!

I just want to make sure that we all understand, that there is no guarantee what so ever.
If you still want to donate - my paypal id it televny@yahoo[dot]com (substitute the [dot] with [.])
As you guessed the whole thing would require ~80 bucks to get to me. So, let's see how it works out.

Thanks again for all your contributions to this project (financial and, more importanly moral)!!!

[bullhead]

Yeah whatever, just get it done.

jk

bull, x. Keep it up!

[w00blyn]

i tried to setup a blog to track donations, but it was shutdown, i have no idea why. i'll try to keep the first post updated till we hit $80. i'll start the fund with 10 bones.

mmm warm fuzzy feeling...

[deniska]

Thank you!

[w00blyn]

Thank you!

More than welcome :D

Now lets hope some others will help out!

[wildon]

psp fans, join the fund! we're gonna buy deniska one o' those shiny GPS units (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-bh-49-en-70-1mij.html)

feel free to pitch any amount, it's all good.
donate to televny@yahoo[dot]com
goal: $80 USD

donators:
w00blyn - $10

i bought one, tell me the address to post ---on PM

[deniska]

Guys,
again thank you all for your support and interest in this project...
Looks like I am getting closer to actually buying the Sony's original unit.
while we wait, here is another item I may need your help with:
I may also need original gps software that came out for sony gps receiver in order to reverse engeneer the gps module's calls (MapPlus, MGS, Planetarium, etc)
So if you own or can get a hold of relevant ISO's .....(well I am not supposed to ask :0)

[wildon]

Guys,
again thank you all for your support and interest in this project...
Looks like I am getting closer to actually buying the Sony's original unit.
while we wait, here is another item I may need your help with:
I may also need original gps software that came out for sony gps receiver in order to reverse engeneer the gps module's calls (MapPlus, MGS, Planetarium, etc)
So if you own or can get a hold of relevant ISO's .....(well I am not supposed to ask :0)

This is official Map Plus iso links

http://rapidshare.com/files/7888187/GPS_TEST_VIDEO.part01.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/7890776/GPS_TEST_VIDEO.part02.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/7893406/GPS_TEST_VIDEO.part03.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/7896154/GPS_TEST_VIDEO.part04.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/7900361/GPS_TEST_VIDEO.part05.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/7903022/GPS_TEST_VIDEO.part06.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/7905534/GPS_TEST_VIDEO.part07.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/7907795/GPS_TEST_VIDEO.part08.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/7907914/GPS_TEST_VIDEO.part09.rar

PASSWORD:HSVwww.projectpsp.com

[pctechie]

Deniska,

If you do not have the MAPLUS iso yet or you are not comfortable DDL using rapidshare, I have the program and can upload via FTP - if you have available. Compressed iso image is 850MB in size. Works with Dark_AleX's 3.02 OE-B, DevHook v0.51 with FW 3.01 or DevHook v0.52 with FW 3.03


P.S. - $10.00 USD donated for the Map This! GPS project.........thanks for all your effort!

[deniska]

I got it, thanks!
Appreciate your help!

[in7ane]

I've just pitched in $20, if someone is still keeping track of the total.

[deniska]

Got one more!
Thank you, in7ane!

[w00blyn]

I've just pitched in $20, if someone is still keeping track of the total.

Sorry I took so long, just got back from a ski trip.

Thanks everybody!

[obazavil]

Hi!

I just donated $10US to televny@yahoo[dot]com

Well. I have never used this this software. I knew it was really cool and won first place (congratulations), but I was waiting for official GPS receiver to be released to try this software.

I'm currently in Japan, and bought MAPLUS and GPS receiver, however, I couldn't make it work on 1.50 with 3.03 emulated via devhook or 3.03-A' with original UMD.

So, maybe MapThis is an alternative to use GPS here in japan :)

I hope the goal can be reached, so this software can keep growing and getting better.

Also, if you need MAPLUS I can upload it somewhere for you to download :)

ja ne!

[deniska]

thanks for the donation and the help...
I already got the MAPLUS (from the links above)
It works fine with custom 3.02 FW, although I could not test the GPS part yet, since I am still waiting for th unit to arive...

[w00blyn]

since I am still waiting for th unit to arive...

does that mean you ordered one already?

[deniska]

Supposenly, someone from India ordered a unit for me.. but , according to that person, the shipping method does not provide a tracking number...
So I am going to wait for a few more days, dismissing that claim...

[w00blyn]

Sounds a little sketchy...last thing I bought from India was a trumpet for $1 from ebay, terrible quality but hey, can't expect much for a dollar.

I guess it'd be pretty sweet if you got one for free, then you could buy a bunch of beer to help the reverse engineering process. Because beer always helps engineers. ;)

[deniska]

I got the GPS unit today!
Thank you very much to all contributers, especially generous folks from Bangalore who donated not only the entire unit but the MAPlus software...
Your generocity and help exceeded all expectations..

You can track the gps usb development progress at psp section of ps2dev.org forums.
So far it seems that we already found a few things like how to get time, number of satelites, etc..

And yes, I do have a few extra bucks, which I can return, spend on beer or towards other GPS HW devices.. ;-)

[w00blyn]

Thats awesome news! Good luck with everything Deniska.

[obazavil]

Great news!

Have fun :)

[wildon]

I got the GPS unit today!
Thank you very much to all contributers, especially generous folks from Bangalore who donated not only the entire unit but the MAPlus software...
Your generocity and help exceeded all expectations..

You can track the gps usb development progress at psp section of ps2dev.org forums.
So far it seems that we already found a few things like how to get time, number of satelites, etc..

And yes, I do have a few extra bucks, which I can return, spend on beer or towards other GPS HW devices.. ;-)

All the Best buddy....... Lets crack the nut !

[deniska]

well, people,
your contributions and efforts have made the difference...
I released the beta version with gps-290 support today...

Again thank you very much for your help...

[w00blyn]

You made short work of that, nicely done Deniska.

You mentioned that the gps-290 is pretty slow to secure satellites, and drops the connection a fair bit. I was gonna get one for sure, just cuz they're pretty slick lookin, but after reading some posts i dunno. Which would you rely on, the gps-290 or the holux gpslim? the holux just happens to be on sale at ncix.com, so the price difference is even less that it was before.

[deniska]

You made short work of that, nicely done Deniska.

You mentioned that the gps-290 is pretty slow to secure satellites, and drops the connection a fair bit. I was gonna get one for sure, just cuz they're pretty slick lookin, but after reading some posts i dunno. Which would you rely on, the gps-290 or the holux gpslim? the holux just happens to be on sale at ncix.com, so the price difference is even less that it was before.

Holux (236 and probably 240) defenitely has better sensitivity, so if you don't mind soldering a couple of wires I would go with Holux...
As to start up time of PSP-290 - I think there is a way to make it under 1 min for most of the situations... but again, reception quality would not make it a reliable tool (at least for my unit and probably my location - some people seem to have better experience.. so it could be difference in quality of the unit, since this thing is made by some chinese company...:-)

Perhaps some minor adjustments to the unit would increase the sensitivity. Perhaps moving it away from PSP (with extension cable) could make a difference... I hope someone would continue on that path and reports..