rare 1st gen navi.

[81vintyminty]

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[Civic Accord Honda]

holly shit thats pimp

[HondaBoy]

wow. i'd like to find one of those

[AccordB20A]

repost but thats good for the people that missed it but thats so cool

[A18A]

i always thought that was for a 2g, oh well, i jsut got educated lol

[2ndGenGuy]

What's that thing called again? The Electro-roticulator or something?

[Hazwan]

What's that thing called again? The Electro-roticulator or something?

Electro gyrocator.

[LxAcc510]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aat...NO way.

[haridev]

yup.... hazwan just showed me the wikipedia page recently. kindda cool!! i wonder if anyone has actually seen1in person. it cost a bomb in its day. and its expensive by todays standards as well. also, i believe that if someone found it in sum part shop (perhaps hazwan), it would be truely priceless. knowing hazwan he would get it working somehow...and perhaps paint it black...hehehe...

[81vintyminty]

i read how they work and its pretty primitive and simple.. has anyone seen one or know how much this option was in 80-81??

[haridev]

they cost a fortune. trust me. 1/3 the price of the car itself!! im not sure if anyone has ever seen it. to me it seems like some myth...or legend. and if anyone has seen it or owns it, i believe he would be a god in

...."If you've balked at the prices automakers are charging for integrated navigation systems, you should really take a look at what ¥300,000 ($2,746) would buy you in 1981. That atrocity you see above was an actual option in Honda's Accord during Ronald Reagan's presidency, and while it didn't sync up with any satellites, it did help to guide you along in some form or another. The Electro Gyrocator, as it was so eloquently named, accepted transparencies of maps and utilized a gas gyroscope that allowed the map to move with the motion of the car and plot your progress. Once a certain map ran out of road, you just popped the next one in and kept on cruisin'. And here we are kvetching about whether our portable navigator has 10 or 11 million POIs"...

lol...

[haridev]

they cost a fortune. trust me. 1/3 the price of the car itself!! im not sure if anyone has ever seen it. to me it seems like some myth...or legend. and if anyone has seen it or owns it, i believe he would be a god in

...."If you've balked at the prices automakers are charging for integrated navigation systems, you should really take a look at what ¥300,000 ($2,746) would buy you in 1981. That atrocity you see above was an actual option in Honda's Accord during Ronald Reagan's presidency, and while it didn't sync up with any satellites, it did help to guide you along in some form or another. The Electro Gyrocator, as it was so eloquently named, accepted transparencies of maps and utilized a gas gyroscope that allowed the map to move with the motion of the car and plot your progress. Once a certain map ran out of road, you just popped the next one in and kept on cruisin'. And here we are kvetching about whether our portable navigator has 10 or 11 million POIs"...

lol...

[79cord]

Just to put the ¥300,000 Electro Gyrocator in perspective, According to the Honda japan site Hazwan referenced:
The 1980 EX Accord saloon (upper-mid spec like LX) cost ¥1,275,000,
while for lesser models Air con was ¥170,000,
Auto-controlled AC was ¥220,000,
and Hondamatic ¥35,000

Though for the 2nd Gen it looks like it was standard on the top-spec. EX-R Saloons?

[2ndGenGuy]

I'd also kill to get that auto-controlled A/C. Yum.

[lostforawhile]

i'm still kicking myself all these years later for giving one away.

[Hazwan]

I'd also kill to get that auto-controlled A/C. Yum.

x2. How do they look like?

[2ndGenGuy]

i'm still kicking myself all these years later for giving one away.

2ndGenGuy -> <- lostforawhile

[Civic Accord Honda]

i'm still kicking myself all these years later for giving one away.

CAH-> <- lostforawhile

[1ajs]

i'm still kicking myself all these years later for giving one away.

[81vintyminty]

they cost a fortune. trust me. 1/3 the price of the car itself!! im not sure if anyone has ever seen it. to me it seems like some myth...or legend. and if anyone has seen it or owns it, i believe he would be a god in

...."If you've balked at the prices automakers are charging for integrated navigation systems, you should really take a look at what ¥300,000 ($2,746) would buy you in 1981. That atrocity you see above was an actual option in Honda's Accord during Ronald Reagan's presidency, and while it didn't sync up with any satellites, it did help to guide you along in some form or another. The Electro Gyrocator, as it was so eloquently named, accepted transparencies of maps and utilized a gas gyroscope that allowed the map to move with the motion of the car and plot your progress. Once a certain map ran out of road, you just popped the next one in and kept on cruisin'. And here we are kvetching about whether our portable navigator has 10 or 11 million POIs"...

lol...

thats crazy!!.. probably worked with magents? imaging having to put in slides of maps while driving?? def. a jdm primitve part... even the modern jdm honda navi's ive seen are all calibrated for japan.

[haridev]

i'm still kicking myself all these years later for giving one away.

dude?????!!!! why dude!!! why???? u just gave it away?? why?? i almost wanna cry right now dude.... please tell me you know where it is at!! dudeeee..... and might i ask, when did you give it away. please tell me it wasnt functioning.... or it was burnt or sumthing...buhuhu

[haridev]

Just to put the ¥300,000 Electro Gyrocator in perspective, According to the Honda japan site Hazwan referenced:
The 1980 EX Accord saloon (upper-mid spec like LX) cost ¥1,275,000,
while for lesser models Air con was ¥170,000,
Auto-controlled AC was ¥220,000,
and Hondamatic ¥35,000

Though for the 2nd Gen it looks like it was standard on the top-spec. EX-R Saloons?

HONDAMATIC was cheaper than the A/C? was it because hondas patented the hondamatic themselves?? interesting...

[2ndGenGuy]

It worked off of a series of really really tiny gyroscopes. Basically they detected exactly how much you moved and in which direction based on acceleration. They were super accurate from what I read. world.honda.com has a whole writeup on it, and all about it's development, but I can't seem to find it. It's a great read though. I'm pretty sure the newer pre-GPS nav systems worked the same way, just had a digital display with the maps. I know with this one, if I had it, I'd make my own scale maps of my city where I lived. Just print of some transparencies on your inkjet, and away you go!

[haridev]

i actually think that in its day the gizmo was cutting edge! i would do anything to have it in my car. think about days where we would have to hold up our map and drive at the same time. no doubt its FAR CHEAPER but its FAR more dangerous.... than the E.G. i think it was meant to be some sort of prototype but it made it to the production line. with all the development honda put into it, i felt that it should have made a lot more of them and sold them cheaper to the customers. in other words, if i had enough cash, and if i were to find one of those pieces of magic in some breakers yard, i wouldnt hesitate to get it and make it functional. (not before i strip it down and put it back together just to get to know its function of course...hehe...)

yes i too was thinking inkjet on some transparencies....lol....some weird 1g fantasy i guess.... i think the E.C. is the james dean to the 1geez.... it was soo cool yet it didnt catch on..heh.

[lostforawhile]

dude?????!!!! why dude!!! why???? u just gave it away?? why?? i almost wanna cry right now dude.... please tell me you know where it is at!! dudeeee..... and might i ask, when did you give it away. please tell me it wasnt functioning.... or it was burnt or sumthing...buhuhu

well back then it wasn't a big deal no one really cared about the gizmos, it only worked in japan anyway,only place there were maps for.