From: "Bob May" 
To: "atmlist" 
Reply-To: "Bob May" 


While electronics does march on rather quickly and 6 year old technology is
often old stuff, the algorythms for computer control of a telescope are
rather standard and have been known for many years. Our own Mel Bartels has
a page on computerizing a telescope with all of the schematics and software
ready to build and install on your telescope and an old PC.  The board is a
bit on the large size for the interface to the motors but it does work well
and uses common parts that are still quite available.
Like you, I have generally found that books on electronic projects are
usually almost obselete by the time that they come out. Bob May
http://nav.to/bobmay
bobmay{at}nethere.com
NEW! http://bobmay.astronomy.net

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