On 2004-08-16 15:23, Richard Russell wrote:
Just bought a new computer to support my flight sim habit. For the
first time since the SubLogic days, I'm flying without a stutter. I
digress.

I have a Garmin 196 with the Mapsource addon. I was able to reinstall
the Mapsource application on the new computer and successfully unlock
it. I cannot, however, get my USB card programmer to work.

After a preliminary investigation, it appears that computers that have
a Via chipset for the USB controller are not compatible with Garmin's
card programmer. Can this really be? Am I dead in the water on this
one? Do I have to keep my old computer set up just so I can program
my little proprietary Garmin card? I think I feel myself gravitating
toward Jay's point of view. Help!
Rich Russell

If it's a stationary comp, you could get a different PCI controller on a
PCI card for that specific task.
(I think there are USB controllers in PCCard format for portable PC:s,
but I haven't looked)

Maybe you could ask Garmin to suggest a suitable USB card?

good luck!
/Rolf