The following changes have been made to the ATM FAQ. The dates shown probably don't exactly match the day that the changes showed up on the site but they're close. - Tim Poulsen
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| Change Date | Change Description |
| Mar. 9, 2000 | Corrected types of glass text in section 3 (I had the high and low dispersion characteristics of flint and crown reversed) and added a bit to that section. Added link to Perru Keinänen's Spherometer Analyzer page in section 3 and 5. |
| Nov. 23, 1999 | Major changes: divided main page into home page and section 1. That required updating every other section page. Added some new links. Added sections on wave nature of light and 1/4 wave. Joined the ATM web ring. Added links for PalmPilot DOC format of the FAQ. |
| Aug. 6, 1999 | Corrected info on a couple of sites and club links. Worked on the glossary a bit. |
| June 14, 1999 | Changed how JavaScript function was included on every page. Hopefully this will clear up incompatibilities with really old browsers. Updated Atlanta club's info. |
| Feb. 24, 1999 | Fixed a couple of links and added a JavaScript goodie that puts a status bar message telling you whether the link is within the FAQ or to another site. |
| Feb. 8, 1999 | Removed Icount hit counter as their site was almost always down. The last count I saw was over 1000. Not bad, 500 hits in just a bit over two weeks. |
| Feb. 7, 1999 | Added a few more definitions (more to come), general updates, updated glass table info (section 3), added bit to rules section about signature etiquette, created Millies-LaCroix page and linked to it from section 3. |
| Jan. 23, 1999 | Added Airy disk definition, added a few other definitions (more to come), and worked more on the updated styles (I have more to go yet). |
| Jan. 22, 1999 | Fixed a few broken links, added hit counter -- I assumed that at least 500 people visited the site by now and started the counter at that number. I updated the section on cutting circles with a router to reflect reality. And, most notably, I changed the style sheet for the site to update the look and feel of the whole thing. |
| Dec. 11, 1998 | Updated club info, new book format, links to Amazon, plus some additional book info. |
| Nov. 25, 1998 | Added some new info to the section on Foucault and Slitless testers. Added ML.XLS (Millies-Lacroix) spreadsheet to FAQ.ZIP. |
| Nov. 12, 1998 | Added new club info, added link to home site for the FAQ, added new copyright page. |
| July 23, 1998 | Fixed a few broken links and updated 3.8 Removing the coating from your mirror with a little extra info on using ferric chloride. |
| July 21, 1998 | Added dial.ps and rule.ps files and corresponding PDFs to section 3.13. Added some info and links on testers to that section. |
| June 10, 1998 | Corrected focuser placement formula error. See section 2.4 |
| May 26, 1998 | Minor changes and fixes, added new ATM Journal web site address, added nice quote to first page, added some info on the coefficients of expansion of glass types in section 3 |
| Apr 23, 1998 | Updated ATM Journal entry to reflect the Association nature of that organization, updated focuser placement section with additional info. |
| Apr 2, 1998 | Divided old section 2 (Mirror and Telescope Making) into two sections; Section 2 Telescope Making, Section 3 Mirror Making). This required minor changes to internal and TOC links in every page. Added new section on focuser placement, and added new book info (Telescope Control). |
| Mar 9, 1998 | Added info on new Krieg/Berry book, Seyfried book, and references for slitless testers. |
| Jan 15, 1998 | Added new information on MIME, HTML, and UUENCODING plus information on how to disable these features in your emailer. |
| Jan 1, 1998 | Corrected the link location to Stephen Tonkin's UK mirror site of the FAQ. Minimal update, I know, but hey, I've been busy. :o) |
| Dec 12, 1997 | Got new version of HomeSite (my HTML editor). Used the new HTML validator to check out the "quality" of my HTML. Many errors, though nothing critical. Most of my errors were in the way I was doing local links (bookmarks). I fixed them all. |
| Dec 5, 1997 | New format to software section (section 4.4) |
| Nov 17, 1997 | Added new part to Section 2, how to tell when to move on to the next grit. |
| Oct 24, 1997 | Divided the FAQ into sub-documents to speed downloading. Added Michael Lindner's couder.ps program, new book information, re-organized the list resource sections of the document (where are archives, etc.), and added some additional information on the reflectivity calculator pages. |
| Sept 15, 1997 | Added a large discourse in Section 2 on aperture, focal length, and focal ratio. Added a few links, a new book, and a new club. |
| Aug 5, 1997 | Added the JavaScript-based reflectivity calculator. Made some corrections and minor additions. |
| July 1, 1997 | Added reference to Stephen Tonkin's UK mirror of the FAQ. I don't know why I hadn't included that before. Sorry Stephen. Added some to glossary section. |
| June 11, 1997 | Added sections on testing for good contact, best paints, and when to stop polishing. |
| May 29, 1997 | Minor changes throughout, some new web sites, some new magazine information, and so forth. |
| April 29, 1997 | Confirmed and fixed all of the web links. Updated and added a few, too. Added sections on removing pitch and beveling. |
| April 16, 1997 | Updated the rules section and created a new sub-file containing Mel's rules for what is and what is not acceptable on the list. |
| April 8, 1997 | Changed background color to a light yellow (supposedly easier on the eyes when reading a lot of text off of the screen). Added some more book and club information, and a link to the ATM IRC channel home page. |
| March 21, 1997 | Some re-working of the on-line resources section. Updated glossary with new terms recently discussed on the list. Added navigation bars in each subsection. Added "Grinding mirrors" section. |
| March 6, 1997 | Updated some of the book info, fixed a couple of broken links. |
| Feb 21, 1997 | Added club info, updated magazines, expanded and changed section 2 to focus on mirror / telescope making stuff. |
| Feb 17, 1997 | Re-submitted to my site's webmaster for posting since the last update was never actually published on the Web site. |
| Feb 7, 1997 | Created revisions document, added link from FAQ page. Made minor changes to FAQ and text version. Added placeholders for book comments / reviews, added some comments taken from archives. Corrected a few errors identified by list members (ma means minor axis, for example). Submitted to webmaster for posting. |
| Feb 6, 1997 | Announced FAQ to list, solicited comments. |
| Feb 3, 1997 | FAQ submitted for initial posting on the ASRAS site. |
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