this is so retro it hurts, world first sat nav..........

[pac1982]

The first product ever released to the public by Alpine electronics

it was called the electro gyrocator and was a joint project by alpine and Honda, i believe it was designed as a optional extra for the Honda prelude costing around $3000 back in 1981

not quite sure how it works compared to today's satnav, anyone know?

some pics.......

[steve_k]

looks in a very retro way

if you want an early sat nav i've got a goodmans one under the stairs that uses cd's & sits under the passenger seat with a small hand held unit that mounts to the dash. had it ages & it's just sat there gathering dust.

[Mne666]

Looks like the old ones we used to fly with where the paper chart is loaded into the front, it doesn't give you any directions.. It's I'd literally just a just a position fix

[Drumzii]

Thats cool as fuck.

[polsta]

reminds me of these