You might be able to get it fixed also, there are still people around who will do board level repair. Whatever you do , don’t just chuck it out.
See this thread in CN, the scopehead chap has a shop on eBay and sells parts on there from olde Meade scopes. I have spoken to him in the past about focus motors for the older etx. He is also mentioned in this thread.
https://www.cloudynights.com/topic/1...circuit-board/