Anyone remember this ol humminbird. I have one and it still works.
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Anyone remember this ol humminbird. I have one and it still works.
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Those were pretty cool when they came out. Got a old 2000 in the attic that works. Screen on it looks like the old pong video game.
Real old school and boat was built with dash molded around it.
keeferfish I also had an old Lowrance back in them days but I let it go with a boat I sold back then. It was the old Lowrance x15 chart recorder. Had to put paper and ink stylus in em back in that day. Kinda wish I had kept it also.
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I had 1 many, many years ago ...
Seems like I traded it for beer ...
:yikes
Rickie
I knew guys back in the day that would map out a place, pull the chart and make notes all over it. Then they had a book on the lakes they fished and would put it in there to study next time they were going to fish it. Expensive to buy and even more expensive to operate. But they sure did show the detail.Quote:
Originally Posted by J_ROW
One mistake on your post---the stylus BURNED the image on the paper. There was no ink. Ever run yours at night? You could literally see sparks where the stylus met the paper.Quote:
Originally Posted by J_ROW
I had a Lowrance 1510C that was the most detailed piece of electronics I ever saw. I honestly miss the detail I was able to get from it. I also owned a Lowrance X-16 and an Eagle Mach I, both paper graphs.
I still laugh about using my X-16 on Jonathan Creek on KY Lake during the crappie spawn. That thing beeped constantly and I had boats that would literally follow me around, let me drop a marker buoy, then run to fish MY BUOY before I could get turned around and back to it. I learned to drop the 1st buoy away from anything I wanted to fish. Needless to say, having folks run in on me like that caused some tense exchanges and probably some new words were created during those verbals.
I got one of these "true" graphs that work and spare paper. Need one? Ima dust collector.
I STILL HAVE X16 AND A MARH 1 WITH PAPER,DO NOT USE THEM ANYMORE
Agreed. Too much hassle.
I have an old x-22 that came on the current boat I use and it still works.
One thing about those units, I didn't turn mine on until I was in the close vicinity to something on the bottom I wanted a picture of. Turning it on and letting it run for the entire trip was never an option for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cane Pole
They were an expensive unit back in the day. We had one on our great lakes charter boat. When that got sold, it moved to our other boat. I remember stopping at an old Army/Navy Surplus store to buy paper.
We used to keep the roles of paper and date and time stamp them with wind, waves and weather. You could go back year after year and see where the fish were. In the fog you could use your old papers to compare bottom features and make it back to port.
I miss the noise they used to make. Bet I could still fall asleep to the noise they make!
I have a green box around here somewhere along with a ray jeff in a box.. thought I was cheating when I got my first super 30. Still think I could use one and do OK.
I still use an x15 mt that I bought when they first came out. Keep thinking bout getting a color graph but know this one so good, I'm not sure that would be a wise decision. What do you fellows think?
If it works for you no sense in getting something else. One thing I found as I got older, when I went to color made a big difference in being able to see it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jrc62
I spend mooniest on all sorts of fish stuff. I gotta spend money on something. My funeral is already paid for.
Used to have a LRG1510C even with a minimum 60' range I got great detail in 20 FOW.
I think I paid about $4 a roll for chart paper from my shop in the late 80's- then came the LCD Eagle Z-6000 ~ 82x32 pixels and a numeric keypad for any range with down to a 10' window... "hot stuff"....lol
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Heck even my X70A had "music" built into it....lol
Got one of those Z 6000's in the attic also. Those had a great picture I guess because of the small screen. I'm not real smart so I had to take the book with me to turn it on and off or change any settings. I remember having to punch a bunch of those numbers in sequence or at the same time to change things. Tecknolgy ahead of its time for back then.Quote:
Originally Posted by sfw1960
Lots of memories on this thread.
Yep my GF at the time bought me a HB LCR3004 and I returned it an paid the difference to get the 6000.Quote:
Originally Posted by cray
The 5000 and 6100 were without the numeric keypad and not as user powerful, much easier to run - the Z-6000 wasn't around long because people like easy and not a big learning curve, now 20 years later we have much more complicated devices, with easy learning curves.
My X70A was only 200 pixels - but to this day my BIL loves how it marks fish on his little boat.