Hi all,
I'm starting to put together my list for Santa and right at the top is a set of DSC's for my dob. Unfortunately Santa isn't made of money so I want to do my research first.
I know there's a big Argo Navis crowd here but my interest is not really in a standalone unit with built in database, but with interfacing encoders to a software package on my notebook like Cartes du Ciel. What can I say? I'm a visual kind of guy

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I've researched Dave Ek's work a bit and while that's a consideration (it's been a long time since I had the soldering iron out), I wanted to get opinions and/or experiences on other options for interfacing encoders to a PC.
Thanks...