Hi Jeff, <<ASCOM>> I can't get SNP 4.x to work with either my N8 or
WinCTC (emulates LX200). Both those telescopes + DSC on my beast Newt
work very well in ECU. How can ECU get it right and ASCOM can't? I
have also determined that software vendors that blindly use ASCOM
(SNP for example) don't do the system clean up necessary after driver
failure with the result of the system hanging. Blind black boxes can
be hazardous to good computing and practical result.

As another note, standards are nice, but as soon as something becomes
a standard it's usually obsolete. Standardize sky data, leave process
to improvement IMO.

Well, that's my 2 cents.

Regards,
Richard

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