[ATM] re: ATMs and books

["Ellen Mackenzie" <mackenzieconsulting@sympatico.ca>]

    You can never have enough books. For the beginner I recommend the three
volume set - Amateur Telescope Making edited by Albert Ingalls for
Scientific American. There are some dated materials, but the basics are
directed at the neophyte and makes no assumption of previous knowledge.
	It even may have the kitchen sink if you look hard enough.
	Another set but more complex is the two volume set by A.E.Conrady,
Applied optics and optical design. Fortunately it is published by Dover
Books and is reasonable.
	We also have real-time conferencing capacity built in to our OS to
untangle the webs' details should we find a few brave souls willing to
expose themselves to the list. Richard Snashall's attempt to test a
Cassegrain secondary would have gone much faster had we been able to explain
the details with real-time sketches and have a simulcast of an associated
discussion. ( We would have to pay for the streaming capacity) Windows
messenger comes to mind.
	We are just scratching the surface of Idea exchange


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