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Subject: Re: RE<ENTER>KEY
From: Todd Gross
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Mon Feb 20 03:23:43 1995

In article Robert Preston <rapr@med.pitt.edu> writes: >me too: the keypad needs re-thinking; "ENTER" fails too often during alignment
>and in general the thing drives like a mac truck; I'm guessing the best
>solution will happen when I acquire RS232 capability and hook up a decent
>keyboard...but for field use it'd be nice if Meade re-engineered the keypad
>part of the controller and gave us a nice break on trade-in upgrade. (The
>LCD also stinks in the cold...is a re-do with LED display in the works?)

I have to throw in my hat on this one too.. the ENTER key needs to be punched 2 or 3 times many times.. and the LCD only is only really clear until about 15 degrees.. below 5 degrees it is almost useless..

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