From: "Alan Friedman" <alan@greatarrow.com>

Date: January 22, 2006 11:23:43 AM MST

To: <Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com>

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Re: last questions before I order

Reply-To: <alan@greatarrow.com>

The DMK21BF04 powers up fine through the firewire bus on my G4 Titanium

laptop. Works off the battery too, though I usually connect the laptop to the 33AH

battery that drives my mount. One little cable for the camera - compared to a CCD

astro camera, the simplicity is beautiful.

I would seriously consider a laptop for the field though. Just my .02, but the mini

with separate keyboard and monitor sounds like too many pieces. There are a lot

of potential parts to an imaging set-up (barlows, filters, wheels, etc.) - more in

this case is less merry!

Alan

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From: "Tim" <tjp314@pacbell.net>

Reply-To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 16:54:54 -0000

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Jon:

I don't have firsthand info on the Imaging Source cameras, but I'd be surprised if

there

wasn't enough power from the mini's port to run the camera.

A while ago, before I decided on a laptop, I considered buying a mini, a wireless

keyboard,

and a compact high-resolution LCD monitor. The monitor turned out to be the

show-

stopper to my plans. Everyone wants large, high resolution monitors for low

prices, so

small ones aren't readily available (or at least I couldn't find any), and aren't

inexpensive.

It turned out not to be economical for me to go that route, so I bought a 14"

powerbook

instead.

I'm still considering buying a mini to run wirelessly from the laptop, though.

Kind of like

what Jeff Terry does with his setup (author of iCCD software). That way, I

wouldn't need a

keyboard or monitor attached to the box, and the cables from the mount and

cameras

could all be attached to the mini at the mount.

-Tim.

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "ji425bp" <ji425bt@e...> wrote:

Hi Folks:

Just a couple of last questions before I switch over to a Mac system for

imaging: 1) With the 21AF04 camera Milton suggested, will the

firewire port of the Mac mini provide enough power or will it need a

separate hub and 2)since I'm using the mini as a laptop system, I'm

still going to need a lightweight LCD monitor for field use- suggestions?

Thanks again. I hope to have a system setup within the next month or

so.

Jon

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