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Date: 01 May 2007 08:31:00
From: Sam Wormley
Subject: New Prototypes appear on AP website
New Prototypes appear on AP website
http://www.astro-physics.com/

"In the future we plan to upgrade our 130 and 105mm refractors
and Maksutov-Cassegrain models. This may include new sizes and
configurations. The details on the newer models will be revealed
as they are re-introduced. We plan to use the existing notification
lists for new products with similar size characteristics".






 
Date: 01 May 2007 01:56:42
From: thad@thadlabs.com
Subject: Re: New Prototypes appear on AP website
On May 1, 1:31 am, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com > wrote:
> New Prototypes appear on AP website
> http://www.astro-physics.com/
>
> "In the future we plan to upgrade our 130 and 105mm refractors
> and Maksutov-Cassegrain models. This may include new sizes and
> configurations. The details on the newer models will be revealed
> as they are re-introduced. We plan to use the existing notification
> lists for new products with similar size characteristics".

Any idea whether they'll reduce the wait time to less than a decade or
so?

If it's not available "over the counter", fergeddit.



  
Date: 01 May 2007 12:28:28
From: Anthony Ayiomamitis
Subject: Re: New Prototypes appear on AP website
thad@thadlabs.com wrote:
> On May 1, 1:31 am, Sam Wormley <sworml...@mchsi.com> wrote:
>
>>New Prototypes appear on AP website
>> http://www.astro-physics.com/
>>
>> "In the future we plan to upgrade our 130 and 105mm refractors
>> and Maksutov-Cassegrain models. This may include new sizes and
>> configurations. The details on the newer models will be revealed
>> as they are re-introduced. We plan to use the existing notification
>> lists for new products with similar size characteristics".
>
>
> Any idea whether they'll reduce the wait time to less than a decade or
> so?
>
> If it's not available "over the counter", fergeddit.
>

For better or worse, Roland Christen is the bottleneck since everything
must pass through his hands before it leaves. In a recent posting he
mentioned that for another telescope he will have help which is
encouraging since it should free him up (a bit) and speed up generally
all of the production lines.