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From: stevel@haddock.UUCP
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Subject: Re: several
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Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 23:40:55 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 15 23:40:55 1984
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Nf-From: haddock!stevel    Aug 15 12:05:00 1984


Geostar and ELT are not the same or even comparable systems.

Geostar tells you where you are if you ask it.

ELT tells other people where you are when it thinks you are in
trouble.

ELT works when you are lying unconcious after a crash. Geostar
probably will be broken and if it does work you won't be awake to
ask it where you are and how far you have to walk to reach
civilazation when you wake up.

A great concept is a crash hardend, i.e. expensive,
Geostar/ELT device that tells the Geostar main computer that
something has happened.