Jim, I completely agree – this thread has lost its charm, quite a long time ago. Isn’t there an “INDI Group” this bun fight can be moved to? Meanwhile, I’m putting anything mentioning the word “INDI”

Rolando, Maybe the academics are too smart – as there is more “grant money” to be had for doing research in reinventing the wheel, than for buying stuff off-the-shelf. Joe

Hi Chris, Now you have my curiosity up. WHY do the academics have such a distaste for Windows – or is it Microsoft, or is it still for Bill Gates? Did Apple provide more funding or lucrative discounts

Ray, I don’t mind Winodze much – except for Win-10 which harkens back to days of VISTA. However, if I did hate Windows, it would be because I “don’t trust” .... Microsoft not to screw its customs even

Ray, You are more than generous and professional ... as always. Joe Z.

Marj, Today, I was just thinking about that marvellous accomplishment ... and he hasn’t even gotten to the Moon yet. Then again, Elon missed the chance to put an AP-3200 and AP scope on board, for his

Rolando, I was “imagining” ... that it could be possible, (some day, with some new PemPro approach), to just watch Polaris jump up & down , even with the mount at relative standstill. Polaris is an ea

Hi, I suspect you may dread being out there in the cold winter night, capturing raw data for the curve. Luckily, sampling 6 to 8 raw data cycles will take over an hour anyway, and once started, doesn’

Greg, Thanks for your latest clarification on the current Yahoo problems. Since the delivery lag, or even entire absence of Yahoo email service, seems to be “user, or perhaps ISP specific”, then Yahoo

Mike, I got my post sent back to my Live Mail (ISP Rogers.com in Canada) ... in “just 4 minutes” between the time I sent it and the time I received it back from this Yahoo group page. So, Yahoo is run

Rolando, On your second point ... wouldn’t it be nice if guider programs did a “limit check” and tossed out any centroid which exceeded a user set star position jump size, and only accepted them “as r

Mike, It is 11:38 AM here, and I am replying to your post using Microsoft Live Mail “directly” as you said. – Lets see how quickly this post pops up on this group’s list strictly using emails than a b

Greg, Is the problem just Yahoo Groups, or Yahoo email system in general? Have you tried including your own email address when you email out to Yahoo groups, to compare how long a direct email comes r

One other thing to beware of is that some CCD cameras associated guider chips, as in the SBIG STL-11000, are turned off and “go blind” for the entire duration of the main image download time. Even the

Peter, I wonder if Yahoo had a “server shutdown” for some reason, perhaps to service its email server or flush out a virus, something no business would want to advertise. I noticed that there were abs

Dale, My only suggestion is to use “stranded core” shielded, and twisted pair, cable. Solid core wire, unless used for internet cabling in walls, can break from flexure. Probably worth investing in ca

George, A “gender changer” isn’t a jumper cable between the FTDI and CPx. It is a simple back-to-back serial plug. I think you misunderstood – didn’t mean that AP should include an entire “serial cabl

George, I would suggest that AP package a proper, compatible, “gender changer” with their FTDI serial/USB package. Someone will likely need it to match even a “spare test cable” into their CPx control

Thanks Rolando, Now I can go back to confidently using just the one of my keypads for both my mount types. Joe

Rolando, I have labeled my AP-900 and AP-1200 hand pads – thinking the “gear ratios” might confuse which ever mount these two pads were connected to at the time. There is a “Mount Type” setting which