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Old 05-13-2008
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Originally Posted by artbyjody View Post
Side note: NMEA 2000 is what you want to look for, if you are investing in electronics today or considering such in a new system purchase or upgrading a system. Why? You want to have the best possible device independence from vendors (meaning you can swap vendors and not have the entire system based strictly on a single one) and be able to take advantage of replacement alternatives in later years. Not that one can not now still purchase NMEA 0183 devices - but this year begins the phasing out of NMEA devices that support only NMEA 0183.
I think it's going to be a little while before it's all phased out, but if I was buying now I'd get the 4000...but I don't like the on screen buttons...or whatever you call them.
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