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Originally Posted by Dennis
Hi Peter
Incidentally, I almost placed an order for the external USB hard disk drive for the gazillion USNO stars but when I cam to check out…the shipping costs were US $100!!!! So I baled out.
Cheers
Dennis
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I bought it and yes I paid the shipping.... People are in for a rude shock if they bring one off items from the USA. I just priced a JMI case $735 US for the case and $500 for shipping, (postage is cubed weight).
The SB external drive is a real killer on postage for its size and I questioned this but SB are only passing on the cost to them.
End result is sensational, the bulk of the data is the NOMAD catalogue (about 120gig) with stars to mag 21 as well as the UCAC 3 catalogue (another 10gig). For what we are doing its very useful.
It's a shame SB haven't licenced someone suitably equipped over here to copy it and then distribute it at a greatly reduced shipping fee, maybe there is some food for thought you could approach them and ask?
Would be good to see how your upgrade works when connected to scope and CCD Soft. I am using a Toshiba I5 M430 laptop and the prior release was very quick compared to this. There has to be something wrong as frankly it is not useful to me the way it is.
PeterM.