A Golf Gadget That’s Gone.
March 4, 2010 2 Comments
Back to Dick’s Gadget Warehouse Friday, March 5th, 2010 Netcast 1040
Ultradata’s GREENSFINDER was pretty high tech for it’s time. It was introduced in 1994, some 16 years ago. GREENSFINDER was a hand-held device, which contained data on over 10,000 U.S. golf courses. It included important information like greens fees, restaurant facilities, phone numbers, types of terrain, travel directions to the course, availability of carts, caddies, clubs, and other course features. But wait, there’s more! GREENSFINDER also contained a four-player scorekeeper with player name entry. The number keys also contained letters, and other function keys doubled as rocker alphabet keys, so it wasn’t the most convenient device for entering info. But you could also use the device keep track of each player’s individual score. (Ultradata also made GOLF GUIDE. It listed more than 13,000 courses in the U.S., with directions and phone numbers. Other information includes course descriptions, number of holes, hours, fees and senior citizen discount availability.) There was one downside to these devices. Although they were state-of-the-art for the time, updates were available only once a year. To update them, you ordered a new cartridge – which included fresh batteries. You had to make sure you returned the warrantee card because that was the only way Ultradata would be able to contact you to say an update was available. GREENSFINDER retailed for about $80 and the updates were about $35, including postage.
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