Hi Doug,

"...it's one he doesn't care to publicize..."

Not so; I probably should publicize it more. The software on
that page, http://www.projectpluto.com/new.htm , is usually a
little bit buggier than the software on the "normal" update page
http://www.projectpluto.com/update8.htm , but has an extra
feature or two.

An update is long overdue. I've quashed a few bugs, and
have gotten around the broken A2.0 downloads by having the
software get the relevant data from VizieR instead of ESO and
made assorted other small fixes. No luck yet on certain ASCOM
problems that have been reported on this list; best I'm hoping
for there is to add some debugging code that may help me puzzle
out what's going on there. Once the holiday crush is over,
I've hopes of getting something posted.

-- Bill