Re: Ax.0 on a hard drive, etc.

Robert Burns Nov 28, 2002

Thanks Bill,
Any idea off the top of your head why the A2_Path command won't work
on my setup? Anyway, I'm pretty happy with things now -- enough
stars to identify the FOV in my CCD -- but I might try the version 8
update on version 7. Or I may wait; Now that Guide's features have
grown on me, I'll probably upgrade to Guide8 -- if I'm still
financially viable after the Xmas spending season alive.

BTW, I've got a Ouranos interface on the way and plan to give the MEC
feature a try soon. I'll let you know how things work out if you're
interested.

BTW#2, I was just reading about the Next-Generation Digital Setting
Circles. (www.wildcard_innovations.com.au) The hardware promises to
do pretty much what Guide MEC does at about $300 price tag. No talk
on the website about interfaces with software, Guide or others,
though.

RB




--- In guide-user@y..., Bill J Gray <pluto@p...> wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> Just a couple of clarifications:
>
> The trick Joe Mize mentions of editing 'startup.mar', and
changing
> the drive letter to point to a new drive, will indeed work. But
you should
> really only use it in situations where your CD-ROM drive letter
actually
> moves (which can happen if you add in a new hard drive, for
example.)
> In your case, where the data really _is_ installed to the hard
drive,
> use of the A2_PATH= statement in 'guide.dat' is the way to go,
> since it allows you to display A2.0 data simply by zooming in on it.
>
> Also: it is _possible_ that the current Guide 8 software update
> would work with your Guide 7 disk, but I'd hate to swear to it.
If you
> try this, be sure to back up your Guide 7 files first. Odds are
good
> that some change I've made since Guide 8 came out has "broken"
> backward-compatibility with Guide 7.
>
> If you do this, I'd first update using the last-posted Guide 7
software.
> (That alone might be enough to fix the 'install to hard drive'
problem,
> since I did a lot of work with that function before Guide 8 came
out.)
>
> BTW, I'm mostly caught up on fixing assorted bugs reported on
> and off-list, and should update the 'test' Guide8 shortly (or may
decide
> I'm confident enough to make it a "for-real" update on the usual
page.)
>
> -- Bill