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"richard" wrote in message
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FS Magellan NAV 6500 GPS map
10 channel GPS chartplotter
Features new C-Map CF-95 seamless cartography
8Mbits worldwide database plus 16 Mbits cartrige capability
large , backlite, anti-glare display

800$

Lowrance 4800 GlobalMap at Cabelas.com = $399
12 channel GPS w/Lowrance background map
Compatible with FreedomMaps and Navionics electric charts
5" (Lowrance) versus 6" (Magellan) screen
Location accuracy 3 meters (Lowrance) versus 12 meters (Magellan)
1,000 waypoints, 1,000 event markers, and 100 routes (Lowrance) versus
500 waypoints, 25 - 50 leg routes, unknown event markers (Magellan)

$800 for a discontinued unit! That was introduced in 1998?
Good luck, but given the state-of-the-art that exists today, you should
price this more accordingly. It was, and still is, a very capable unit, but
when anyone can purchase a new unit with better specifications for 1/2 the
money...