G'day Mike, welcome to IIS.
I have a short tube Tasco
http://www.tasco.com.au/Default.aspx...tID=94&cid=209 which is not barlowed i might add, the book that came with the scope was very little help as a "manual" it was mainly on how to put the EQ1 mount together and not to much on the scope itself. The book covered 4 Tasco models and i'm sure your focal length was one of them. Like Rob said above, post any questions you have and i'm sure all here can help you in one way or another. You will have a lot of fun with the little Tasco. It will be well worth spending a few dollars on a decent Plossl eye piece as it will improve the viewing 100%.