[Gpsbabel-misc] cables for Garmin to Mac

[Hotani J. <hot...@gm...>]

Hi!

I'm a newbie to the list and to geocaching in general.  My Canadian  
friends got me hooked on it while I was on vacation there.  So I  
purchased a Garmin Etrex Legend unit and brought it back to Japan  
where I live.  Unfortunately, I learned later that the unit has  
little information for Japan.  I went to our local electronics shop  
and purchased the cable USB-serial port cable converter.   
Unfortunately, it seemed made for PCs (the diskette with the driver  
was for a PC), and I couldn't get it to talk with my Mac (iBook G4).

Can anyone direct me to a cable that seems to work best with Macs?

And any ideas for getting some basic Japan info on my unit?  I did  
find a map that I could download, but I'm not sure if it'll work.   
It's an exe file, which of course won't run on a Mac.  Do I just  
upload it to my Garmin unit?

Sorry to have so many questions.....I appreciate any help.

Hotani Jim