I bought one of these from eBay last year: It works with Windows 7 and also reads my old PCMCIA cards. I have stuck with the Leica 1100 series ins...

@driftingsand You are very welcome, but your praise isn't necessary. I went into so much detail because we are self-isolating over here and had recen...

Zak, Create a free account with Leica MyWorld, then register your instrument with them. It's all free. After you have registered your instrument, ...

KevinFoshee's answer above is probably on the money. Me likey-likey. Although, something you said grabbed my attention: "They tracked down the probl...

@paden-cash "Gaelige" (pronounced "Gwell-gah") is merely the Irish word for the Irish language; what people mistakenly call "Irish Gaelic". I agree ...

@larry-scott I wonder if it was that simple?  

I'm sorry to say it, but you are probably better of in a forum like Stack Exchange. It's full of people who love answering questions like yours.

@paden-cash I can't vouch for Scottish Gaelic, but you are quite right that in the Irish language there is still no official "Yes" or "No". The kids ...

As a non-American, I can't get my head around the word "ain't". It started off life as a contraction of "are" and "not". That's easy. I get that. "Are...

@holy-cow What does an elevator do? What does a jack do? Or a hoist? None of them work in the opposite direction. Except maybe crane. I would never u...

@larry-scott Yes, we still say "to take a shot". Like I said, I have no idea where the word "jigger" comes from. It doesn't seem to fit.  

The hole in the side on the Leica equipment is located on the adapter (also known as a carrier) and not usually on the tribrach itself. I might be ta...

In Australia we call them "jiggers". I have no idea why. In Germany, the locals call a Total Station a "Tachymeter". I'm yet to figure out why, becau...

I don't think anyone is making them anymore, so you'll need to find some old stock. Having said that.......