Rolland, Do you believe the Mach 1 gto can hold ~ 55 lbs and maintain it's tracking accuracy ? I'm dreaming of a SMALLER set-up than I have right now to include a uhhh mmm Takahaachoo E 180 ED and

Hi Louis, If so, I did download JAVA form Sun, and have been running it with a lot of website scripts, without this error. I believe Microsoft withdrew their JAVA in XP SP1A. Anyway, the SUN

IE7 gives Microsoft was sued, and lost, by a company named Eolas that patented the technology used by your browser to render media players and the like (in any web page). Microsoft refused to pay the

Thanks Ruben, The blue background works. Now I can read your info. Something else: every time I click on any selection on your pages, IE7 gives me a warning: "Click to run an ActiveX Control on

Dear Joe and Murry, I found this line in the help section of my web software: "Some web browsers can understand only hexadecimal colors. If you're using an unusual color that your browser can't

I had the same problem with the text - and we are on the fastest DSL as well. I got around the problem by highlighting the text with the cursor and reading white on blue - not ideal but it

Ruben, Everything is fine - even the music. I was trying to read the paragraph at the bottom, but "yellow text" on the white background, made it unreadable. I'm using high speed internet

Hi Mal, Thanks for the info, I went through the AP accessory list, and came across Roland's justification, as you describe. The DOVEM2 is a nice design because as you say - simply set the

Joe, some internet portals employ data compression that eliminates backgrounds, especially with dialup services or slower DSL lines. My background is blue swirl. So, you may be in a compression

Nice pics, But the text at bottom of first image is yellow - unreadable Joe

AP and Cassidy both make newer upgraded saddles with a much better locking system using two large knobs. The reason for only a dovetail on one side is that that is a tip in saddle. You don't have to

You can use a Pocket PC with Bluetooth to connect to your mount with something like a Socket CSA adapter on your mount's serial port. Dave

Hi Roland, Perhaps I have missed it, or it is already in preparation, but I would like to see the recent: Astro-Physics featured on John Ratzenberger's Made in America program on the Travel

Dear Group, I have updated my images on my Observatory web page. Scroll down to the bottom and you can see my dual AP900s. http://www.stardoctor.org/lake.html Latest images accessible from my home

Hi, I recently received my AP900 and had a look at the DOVEM2 dovetail plate for my existing Losmandy DSUB adapter on a 25 lb. Questar-7 OTA. The AP dovetail doesn't quite mate the same

Maybe it's time to demand the shipping charges be returned, for UPS gross negligence. Actually, now that I think of it, when I complained to them that it took "over a week" for my other 3 day

Well, the idiots at UPS tried to deliver to my home again after reconfirming twice that it was supposed to be redirected to my office. The ironic part is my office is across the street, literally,

stardoctor5@... writes: Impressive observatory you have there. And very nice imaging results. Rolando ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Hey Folks, I am toying with the idea of controlling my AP1200GTO with a Pocket PC and a USB to Serial Adapter. I am planning on using The Sky and T-point with Mobile 5.1 operating system.

Sorry, Anthony, my mistake. My rage got the better of my eyesight. I missed the extra "S". I would guess that is why they called their company UPS, so people would confuse them with the postal