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Old September 13th 06, 07:28 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
Ol' Duffer
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Default Windup Clock Drive?

I seem to recall seeing windup sidereal tracking drives on some
older telescopes from before the days of cheap electronics.
Anyone still make these? Seems like it would still be a good
choice for a portable setup, not have to worry about batteries,
wiring, etc. And especially, not being interested in goto,
compensating for Earth's rotation is about the only task my
drive ever does.