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I remember seeing some of the Comet Shoe-maker Levy impact sites on Jupiter with one of these scopes, as well as my first views of many galaxies and a lot of dso's. A magical view of the "Leo Trio", even seeing the "fluffy" distorted ends of NGC3628.
Very nice mirror, and big enough to see a lot of stuff.
The eq mount can be a bit frustrating, but if someone points you in the right direction so you learn how to use it properly it does an adequate job, and with proper maintenance is relatively solid. WAY better than the tacky plastic thing I saw recently on a brand-new Celestron scope!
Eyepieces needed upgrades, but they were quite sharp in the centre.
And yes, the finderscope was a bit of a stopped-down joke, but easily replaced with a red-dot finder.
I think the equivalent scopes (Tasco by then?) were about $600 (!!!) around 1990 when I was first looking at telescopes! (That was why I ended up making my own 10" mirror!)
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