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ve rolled back cut to Dan's oan to join the ethers at Hickory Bill. Gnce there, Ian introduced Joan and I te th

35 or so oho vere observing, ohile Ed busped ints sone old friends in a tent-casper and proceeded to bury thesseloes in several bottles of homesade Gine. Please believe me chen I say that Ed oc: in high spirits ohen he emerged some tise later Joan and Tan were deep in convercation...actucily flan oes in his “teaching sode* oith Joan ond several] other late arriggis.

| fs for syself, 1 floated around observing

house. Here ends our night,

oyu already knoe, Prior te sy through the Srng teles Scopes that Gers Bonstrays it te the aorld of TINEY end Sincleic cospared to the scopes irom sy day fabs @ sezher, +), 1 ges heavily engoged in the conders | I hed c personel cieving through a 25° (pirrer? a ey, hile vaca tioning in Florida last | digpeter, a 20’, @ 17.5°, an auard-vinning {4.5° le T had the opportunity to cisit ey ol’ equatorial ATH design, and tac different 10's, cl Saint Fetershurg Betreneny Club) and Ices extresely ispressed vith the 20 inch, pe ein an “ererage™ cluk chserving telescope. The design oes inspired and built by eer tlied a “Star Farty" f Toe Clark and John Reeves of the Local Group of ec - place near Erockse Barascte-kradenton, Costing under ¥ G's, this cf h thru the sernineg scope did an exquisite job chile vieoing MYS, The trip te Hickory Hill Blenetary nebula oithin the open Cluster cf stars PE Beiting for Tan Brie stuck cut like a sore ib, of toc inch Gee By pick se up. Upon h Kagler eye-piece age ta Sie if, bb vcs di d te find gost breath teking. I f5.6 fiter this great tour, I he ti ; ; dstroscan 2001, al] of his eyepieces ex one, Fl dy : and cliphed up the observing tover to Feriore #3 z gere cn our | GOn person] study of the stars spent post of aC Eis you thet since joey tine revieging the ocnders of the night sky i Booing ta C8 iz ; that I head sissed for years. T 1 turned ey ! e froz Ban in ij attention to bright Jupiter. The planet oas high ci e includes contact | overhead very near the zenith ¢t spot directly gi u signed as SPH | over heed}. | realig hed to po on agself at Ti = apped cut of club acticit- | en avkoard angle in order to qe goad vier, ie Bt first glance there appe to he shadons To oes i on Jupiter. Hoovever, on closer uting the tees i +. ; ah € cith-a i spall, clecst bleck spots proved te ectucllg he I Te On Bee | turbulence cithin the norhters borici hend, ah elescope | This age later confirmed by lan hseroakion Oy eek ogeghi Pts ale lich cau ene i through his 10 inch Reutonicn. BY brought en eztre one clong. @hile However, befcre lan could get @ real good en ride up oe couldn't heip but resi- j wien af vupiter, he gas hesing little troukle hi the past, and of course len told we | Gith his telescope... Nothing serious, just ci st club neus for sy benefit. things like piss Saha ge excessive ocbble, iT Grrigai, ce get j and Bec. actors running up cith anuther faniliar face, pild, and for sobe reason, the forper SPEC er Ed “gba (ahs Support For end-cap to Dan & scope kept su ieee Teo Mee | Cael | Sesame ders bp G hed dricen up 1 e covers, ede tga e | | Ban's problens vere fincily ai- Bebler, Joan fencer. Refore ge | 2281 - spectran - @i j ans 2B : naan started cur all-night observing | leviated after 10 to 18 winutes session, ve decided to indulge and of this discosfort. &fter he- 7 } a Tf ourselves pith scone delicicaus . : | ing verbally chastised, Ed and 1 harkecue ue in Erockevilie. i TIMEX sinclair | stopped jusping around Ban's Again oe told tales of fameus | sone - 1508 - YT | scope and causing ali the other ties oe ted experienced in the | | Bischief. post. after be and l had stuf- | — CAMBRIDGE = | Uniortunat telg, 36 minutes r = ee er ids ding fed aur faces vith a led-high | later, clouds roiled in ending pictes fron the se} ar along } { the ohseroing, Be quickit es- vith our ecin dish ani giving i coped froe the cool night air the scitress a difficult tise | fer some het cecoe in the club- | i

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If qou don't have a Z068, 1 cas probably provide a geod used one. nd if I can't, I can probably point gou te soseone oho can. J can instal} Spectrus esulation for $15.00. This consists of a svitch on the rear of the sachine, chich selects the 2068 or SFECTRON half af @ 32% in- ternalig-installed epros.

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The criging] ZEREH pover supply is notoriously hot-running and trouklesope, and it has XG trade in vgive at far ae I's concerned. I prefer to sell caoi-running “sevilcher” pover supplies. They are excel despite their loo price, but weucilg gar’ t ina silver box. If you don't order a syster inet, then your seitcher sill he provided in some sort of boz, aocd or setel. Bost of the surplus supplies I buy are unboxed. I's a eoodeork so T box them in geod. The boxes 1 sake hk a front-sounted coitch ard LED pover-on indicatcr, and are adequately

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Y: THE COHTEOLLEE The contreiler is @ special-purpose 280 cosputer Ghich controls date transfer betueen the Z068 and the dise drives. The controller qlee includes tao seria] BS23e ports.

B 1GR controller is adequate if you do HOT vant CP/H. & GYR controlier is needed if you IG eant CP/8. G4F controllers include a CP/M disc and CPA docusentetion.

COMPONENT BESCRIPTIONS, Cont,

5: DISC DRIVES

isc drives are, of course, the heart of the syustep. I use and recopsend TEAC 3,5" ?Z0F drives rather than Bitachi 3" drives, chich cre in very lipited supply and hold cery little dete,

You can get by oith only one drive, but |} r pend toc or sore. You can aloays purchase ec drives later, as needed. If you ech to transt data frog 3" to 3.5° and are unable te do ec because you lack a 3° drive, gou can send we wour 3° dises and I'll do it far you a “Binisel cost, The CP/B RIGS can be modified : rather then 3° drives contain the BIGS

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Type # is the originc] metal FURZGG0 cabinet. 1 have only 3 of these as of {0-27-89. hieg TOOE for a power supply, controller and 2 dris (2" or 3.8"), This cabinet seasures 18 4 x 7.8°h., Urives are horizontal,

Tupe Bis ¢ very pretty coad cabinet desi gaet and constructed bu ucurs truely. é a pover supply, controller, ¢ and. UW ‘to POU drives 3" or 3.5° or §.28°). This cabinet seasure: is"R x GH x 8h. Trises are vertical,

T gill install your components in your cakinel a mo charge. Your seniter can be placed on tap of either cabinet.

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ote dtr ig You pian te use @ seria] printer, then oo t need a printer interface, since you cen controiler’s serial port, BUT REGSEE: Pregrags pould need sodification te cork oith this oe T recomend you use an SEBCO-typ it

IHTERFACE

Centronics interface and an Epson-tope pri for acecaas coppatibility gith existing s¢

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&4: THE LINGER BOARD

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