Joe,
couldn't have said it better myself. My G11/Gemini is in a very nice
case in the garage. My AP900 is out under the stars. What more can
I say?

regards,
Ken

Hi Ken,

I know it is almost a sacrilege to suggest this, but there is

probably a

good chance of using a Gemini controller with the AP mount - one,

if not THE,

finest mounts ever made. Since the Gemini would drive any "servo

motors"

directly, all you would need is special cables. I wouldn't do this

myself, of

course, because I would miss that wonderful keypad and display on

the CP3, and

I really hate the Gemini keypad - you could break a thumb pressing

it's

buttons until it pays attention to your command!

Sure wish some of the Gemini features were in the CP3 , but it

is all a

matter of the best choice, and I never regretted moving from a G11

Gemini to

the marvel that my AP900 is - a thing of beauty and an instrument

of

precision, finally crafted with Roland's years of personal

experience. After

all, a Gemini G11 is what you "settle for", rather than an AP

mount - which

something you aspire to.

Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: "astrokattner" <kattnerk@...>
To: <ap-gto@...>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 6:35 PM
Subject: [ap-gto] Re: Anyone designed a limit switch or similar to

prvent pier

col...

--- In ap-gto@..., chris1011@ wrote:

I realize that other GOTO systems have advantages that ours

doesn't

have -

each new one that comes along can look at the previous efforts by

others and add

to it to gain a leg up. In a perfect world every car would park

itself and

when it's raining, run in and pick up that pizza at the counter

so

the driver

doesn't have to get wet. My poor 1994 Ford doesn't even have

remote

entry,

something that nobody has to live without any more. Why didn't

they

include that?

How dumb of them! What were they thinking, by golly???

Rolando

Other goto systems may have additional features and I guess part

of

th business is to decide which ones are truly useful and whether

they

should be implemented or not.

But, I've had other goto systems like the Nexstars and Gemini and
after all that, here I am, an Astro-Physics AP900 owner. You

have no

idea the number of nights of frustration I have been through with
inferior mounts (I've even had my own worm blocks machined on a
G11). Even my wife asked me last year, why do you have such a
frustrating hobby, just get that AP900 mount if its the best and

then

have some fun. Good advice from her. At the end of a night of
imaging, I just stand there and look at my AP900 and think, "man,
that thing is better than a Rolex." It is quite an achievment and
I'm very proud to own one. Thank you.

Ken




To UNSUBSCRIBE, or for general information on the ap-gto list
see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ap-gto
Yahoo! Groups Links