I found out about Brian's death a short while after posting that message to you. I had tried calling him about an idea I had for image processing. Terrible thing. I really liked him.
I sold most of my gear about 3 years ago (I believe you got my FRC-300). I develop computer hardware and software for a living. I had taken a year off to do the astrophotography thing but knew I'd be up to my eyeballs in work for the foreseeable future when this new project came along and my wife wasn't happy with all that gear taking up our living space
