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Originally Posted by flatbutt
Hey Mike, I mentioned this once a while ago but didn't follow up.
So, I have an original Meade ETX 90. The drive is shot but it was never all that good anyway.
Do you think it's worth trying to repair?
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I'm honestly not sure. Probably not.
The first ETX was a clock drive only deal, not goto. It was all metal and built in the USA. It's probably not hard to get running again, but the value wouldn't allow for any real work to be done to it. The optics are probably very good, and the tube can be removed with some work and mounted to a dovetail.
It was designed to grab onto the interest in Questars. I had a Questar at that time, and there was much gnashing of teeth from the Q owners when the ETX came out, threads of copywrite lawsuits, etc. I don't think that the ETX ever actually affected Questar sales...