At 4:03 PM -0800 11/19/98, Mark Taylor wrote:
>At 03:00 PM 11/19/98 , Robert A. Preston wrote:
>>It turned out that I was doing these things coincidentally just at the time
>>when the Bermuda
>>Triangle was crossing the meridian!!! Since the scope assumes it is
>>pointing due south
>>when it powers up (in altaz), it was ALREADY IN Bermuda, without needing any
>>command to GOTO there. So of course it crashed as soon as it powered up!!
>
>This is a PERFECT case to give Meade in our debugging request. Note
>a good date/time for this to happen, and tell them to set their clock
>to it, power down, power up, and WHAMMO!

That would be around 8pm local time for everyone tonight. I would like to
urge as many people as possible to give it a try and report back!

>There's no disputing it's an internal software bug when it can happen
>even before there is a chance for external forces to act on it.

!!!
---
Bill Arnett "Quantum Mechanics:
Emerald Hills, CA 37N 122W the dreams stuff is made of"

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