From: "charles f" 
To: pdk{at}tampabay.rr.com, atm{at}shore.net
Reply-To: "charles f" 


In reply to this,

  It is great to cross the oceans in a cruise ship, all the emenities, pool,
all you can eat, dancing, tanning, gyms and so-forth.  But it is also as
exciting to grab the main line with 15 other people, host the sails and
enjoy the beauty of a peacefull journey of both time, peace and simplicity.

the oceans are my path, the stars are my guides  Life is an adventure to
those that open thier eyes.

Ok, picking up soap box and sitting down now LOL

look up, look out, look back in time Charles in wilmington




>For what its worth there are many alternatives to pc based motorization,
>that deserve noting within this discussion.
>
>Like plain old fashion home made GEMs, split rings, english yokes, and
>poncet/cylindrical bearings.
>
>I love being able to grab my telescope throw it on the ground and start
>pointing.
>I can observe several items before most any pc based system will be
>initialised.
>I can swing to the next item and if I know how to read a map and the sky,
>probably
>find it before the pc can.
>
>DONT get me wrong, I praise Mel and all the others in there efforts! I was
>using a
>Bartelised Robo Focault just a few minutes ago.
>AND LOVE IT.
>
>But,  take the joy of a pure Dob, set it on an equitorial platform point it
>at something
>let go and observe it for a while, then point at something else.( and in 45
>minutes rewind
>for 1 minute )
>No laptop whir, glow, battery drain, or crash.
>Just the sweet joy of starhopping and stopping to enjoy w/o constantly
>bumping the
>tube.
>
>Sorry for the rant, but there is a case for NOT computerizing everything
>everytime.
>I am an IT guy too, and sometimes its nice to not have to reboot.  :-)
>
>See my motorized cylindrical platform at....
>http://www.telescopelab.com/index.php?page=dobequi
>
>... and dont use soft rubber roller blade wheels or your scope will float
>like a boat
>in the urethane and wave in the sea of wind :-(
>
>PK
>
>PS where is Warren Peters his website / email are offline?


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