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Re: Hmm..interesting...for geeks atleast (archive)
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Posted by X5sfbay on December 18, 2000 at 03:39:18:

In Reply to: Hmm..interesting...for geeks atleast posted by mickey6 on December 17, 2000 at 21:13:48:

I don't understand what you are saying.

The CD-ROM in my NAV is philips?
It runs OS-9?

Therefore, if I find an OS-9 upgrade to BMW's nav sw, I get an upgrade??


The Philips NAV drive actually houses a VDO/Carin system for GPS functionality (MAPS / interest points etc). I think the drive machinery is Philips itself.

But what OS does it use? MAUI OS9 (RTOS) by Microware
RTOS btw stands for Realtime Operating System.

Find an upgrade for the BMW application running on this OS and you got a new upgrade for your GPS :)

Check out more info at:

http://www.microware.com/Products/Software/maui.html

Mickey




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