Mark IV is Moving

[Tom Droege <droege@wwa.com>]

I just took the Mark IV apart in preparation for a move up to the roof
tonight.  It will take a day or two to get everything put back together and
cabel tied up.  For those thinking about installing a Mark IV, it will just
go through a 32 inch door.  It needs about 31".  A 36" door would be safe
and you would not have to remove the door.  

I have tested everything that I can think of.  For sure as soon as I try to
make it work I will get tired of running up and down that spiral staircase
and want to get a camera to watch it.  Anyone know how long a cable you can
put on the $100 cameras they sell to sit on top you computer to transmit
your picture?

Once I see stars and the cameras look OK, I will order 12 more CCDs.  A big
expense, so I want to do it right.  Does everyone agree that they should be
ordered without covers?  This means that if dust or cat hairs get on the
chip you will have to pick them off with great care.

There is still lots of software needed for me to run and take reasonable
data.  But I figure that will be cloudy day work.  It will not be long
before I can get out some CD roms with lots of data so you all can start
working on the production software.

Tom Droege