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Subject: Re: ROM version 3.34
From: Achim Clausing
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Mon Jan 15 04:41:48 1996

On Sun Jan 14, Jim Wilson wrote:

>Does anyone know if the new ROM 3.34 from Meade will address
>any of the location database errors which were brought to our attention
>by Ralph Pass in previous posts 1-4 ?

On Wed Nov 8 95, Steven Ashe (ashe@boulder.qms.com) wrote:

>I am pleased to report that the new Meade GCVS has reasonably
>accurate positions. The errors appear to be uniformly distributed at
>about 0.03 to 0.05 degree, which evidently result from the compromised
>precision necessary to store the data compactly. This is greater than
>the 1 arc-minute advertised for HPP, but should get the variable
>fairly well centered.

The problem seems to _get_ the new eproms:

On Sun Jan 14, Bruce A. Krobusek wrote:

>I tried to order V3.34 ROMs myself. But, FWIW, I'm having similar
>(but different) problems. I can't
>order the bloody things! I've tried two dealers, and neither knew what I was
>talking about.

On Thu Nov 24 95, Todd Gross wrote:

>The upgrade from 3.3 to 3.34 was for free in October to members of this list
>and Compuserve astronomy forum members only....but not from ver. 3.2. Earlier
>versions involve much more of an electronic exchange, and upgrade cost.
...
>It all depends on what ROM version you have now? Email Rone@meade.com for more
>information.

I have sent email to Ron Ezra on Jan 3 and 8, and then on Jan 11 to Scott
Roberts, but did not get any answers. My Meade dealer claims to know nothing
about the 3.34 ROMs. Can someone from Meade or otherwise comment on the
availability and the conditions of the upgrade?

Achim

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Achim Clausing

Universitaet Muenster email: cl@uni-muenster.de
Fachbereich Mathematik phone: +49 251 83 3779