(laughing to myself, not at someone)
This thread seems to be going all 'over the shop'
But to continue it in yet another (all be it interesting) direction:
Jase - do you have experience with T-Point and LX200's? (GPS or whatever). I have been told with someone who has experience on the subject that TPoint isn't so well suited to LX200's because once you turn the LX off, the encoder positions are not remembered and so you need to re-build your pointing model, or leave the scope on 24/7 but in land mode when not used. I believe this this was irrelevant of having parked the scope at the standard home position and was definitely assuming a permenant setup. My memory of the discussion with this person is sketchy at best, but I remember the outcome being not to spend the money on TPoint if using an LX.
Thoughts?
Roger.