Thread: G11 Upgrades?
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Old 25-04-2011, 01:19 PM
rmcconachy
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Originally Posted by mithrandir View Post
Losmandy did not have any alternative but to release the G2 before the software was finished. There were parts used in the G1 that are no longer available... -- Andrew
Of course Losmandy had other alternatives! Scott Losmandy could have: (1) sold only the non-goto stepper motor version of his mounts until the Gemini II software was reasonably complete, (2) persuaded Rene Gorlich that he needed to start on the Gemini II system much earlier than he did, or (3) switched to a different goto system. The current situation is a result of piss poor planning, not some unforeseeable misfortune. I like the Losmandy mounts (the slip clutches in particular) and I own a GM 8 (non Gemini). However, to say that Scott did not have other alternatives is wrong, he has chosen to sell his mounts with very incomplete software.
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