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Hi Mike,
I've been exchanging some emails with a guy named Ken Follard in the States about a device he makes called a BluEQ. Have you heard of it?
He describes it as replacing both the hand controller of the EQ6 as well as the EQDIR from Shoestring Astronomy and the serial cable from the PC. It requires no batteries or external power and takes all it needs from the mount. It's Bluetooth based, as the name suggests, and does the job of the EQDIR and serial replacement dongle in one and instead of sticking out the side of the mount, has a short cable to a small black box (no lights or switches) so the risk of bumping and breaking off the existing devices is also eliminated. I've ordered one (he said he had 2 on hand) at US$149 plus post. It's not too bad really with the A$ at US$0.93.5.
Peter
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