ThadLABS Home Page [2011.05.24]

Serving computer, electronics, IT, and research endeavors for over 4 decades.

Publicly-available pages and resources:

icon Astronomy topics, scopes, projects, lifts, etc.
Pages presently offline for rework

icon Clear Sky Charts flanking ThadLABS including a SF Bay Area map showing all CSCs in the SF Bay Area

icon Using a Meade LX200 astronomical telescope as a DSLR telephoto lens

icon Pulse Width Modulation circuit for illuminating finder scopes

icon Celestron SkyScout firmware download page

icon SynScan firmware download page for SkyWatcher EQ-6, Orion Atlas EQ-G, Orion Sirius, and Orion SkyView Pro telescope mounts

icon Information about the Rolamite bearing, one of the 20th Century's most important discoveries in mechanics

icon How to tie a tie (don't ask :-)

icon LaserDisc information

icon Historical, hysterical, technical and other videos

icon Official mirror of the MAPUG [www.mapug-astronomy.net] site as a backup with the permission of MAPUG's webmaster.
MAPUG = Meade Advanced Products Users Group.

icon Comparison of Gimp 2.6.6 vs Photoshop 7.0 downscaling images for use as thumbnails. The choice of which program to use is very obvious.

icon Potpourri of paper, plastic and electronic planispheres I've collected since 1954.

icon Button-selectable list of important news sites.

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