2012 was a waste.  Mid last year, after I repaired my computer and hubs from lightning damage nearby, I tried powering up my scope.  Nothing.   The Telescope Control Box (TCC) was dead for a second time.   I tried reaching out to RCOS and was given a $7500 repair quote for such a small part.   This put the brakes on bigtime.   I had to do some thinking of where I wanted to go, and left the observatory offline.  Later in the year, I heard “The News”.   RCOS is out of business.   Astromart began to fill with panicked RCOS owners dumping their scopes.   I was nearly ready to dump it.   Then, a blessing arrived.   James Olson, an ex-RCOS employee, started up a company called RA-Limited.com, and purchased some IP from RCOS to allow servicing of customers.  I was able to purchase spare TCC-II’s and he repaired my bad TCC.   He also picked up my scope, cleaned the optics, re-collimated it, and returned it two weeks later.   This completely changes things.   Now with this refresh and support of my big scope, I have refocused efforts on getting the observatory back online.   I replaced my aging old primary computer with a new Core i7 MacMini dumping XP and moving to Windows 7.   I refreshed the second older MacMini on the FSQ with Windows 7 as well.  I replaced all of the old analog cameras with new IP PTZ cameras with IR lights that can be scripted on and off.   I also installed a new Synology NAS device with 12TB of storage to house all images and hold OS backups of the three computers.   ACP was updated to v7 and a new Scheduler is due out soon.   I refreshed my licensing with Bob Denny, Maxim, and Bisque.  I also purchased a new Paramount MX for field and home use.   I’m on the home stretch, and hoping that I can get the RCOS looking at light this weekend if the clouds agree with me.