[PeterAnderson (Peter)]

I know more about this unit than I should. - I have one!
The chip is a Philips Toucan which was very popular in the early days, and the camera runs beautifully on everything from XP to Windows 7.

Now I have a son who is a professional computer nerd and he has several times installed the driver on my new Windows 8/10 laptop. Why do I say 'several times'? Well, after he did his investigation, found the driver and where the system stored it, and put it in, all it took was an automatic computer update or two and it was written over or gone again.

I don't feel I can ask my son to re-instal it again, and since I like the little beastie I have asked the local computer shop whether they have any old Windows 7 laptops as trade ins... (Next thing would be to satisfy the question - "What do you want another computer for???")

Incidentally my real real old 2002 model Toshiba laptop with XP is too slow to run it, but a Windows 7 machine I use for another purpose runs it like a charm. Whether it makes any difference or not, this machine is a 'Pentium'. - I have heard some dark things about later Celestron imaging stuff and compatibility with AMD chips but my knowledge (apart from experience), of computer matters is barely past the Neanderthal stage...

You will probably find more stuff on the internet.