Reference webpage: Has anyone on this list had any experience with this program or any other Linux-based TCM? I'm purchasing a very fancy telescope that can be controlled via EIA-232 i/f from a lap to the scope. The commericial (Win-only I assume) is $140. E-Gads! I have Mandrake 9.1 on one laptop (with a read DB-9 EIS-232) and SUSE 9.2 on a lap with only USB ports (of course ==== I remember reading an article in Linux Journal about a TCM app. I found this on one of their forums while trying to locate that article: Most amateur astronomers use telescope from Meade and Celestron, the latest version of KStars (to be released in KDE 3.2 http://edu.kde.org/kstars) includes a support for such telescopes. It seems that Talon is really great and professional, albeit it is limited to the Optical Mechanics and Oregen motion controllers. For most of us amateur astronomers out there who own a Meade or a Celestron, KStars allow us to easily control the telescope. This was news to me. The article I had read was about Talon. The forums also said in was no longer being "supported" (whatever that means). Bart --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss