I did some research on meade 506 astrofinder software
Read this...
Customer Review:
Rating:
Summary: outdated software
The software this kit comes with is old and outdated. It is not
supported by Windows XP nor Windows Vista. The latest supported version
of Windows is Windows 98.
It
also appears that the included software is a limited trial software. It
is limited to the included 3 catalogs (star maps). The complete set of
catalogs must be purchased additionally at quite some expense.
The
cable connection kit couldn't be reviewed because it was missing from
the package I received, but keep in mind when you order this kit, that
neither Windows XP nor Windows Vista support serial ports anymore. The
additional USB to serial adapter would be required.
That last line would suggest to me that if one had a USB to Serial adapter it might work? but I really do not know for sure. checking into some more stuff...
Found another article that states "It requires a PC running Windows 98SE through Windows XP. It will not
run under Windows 95 or earlier, nor will it run under Windows Vista."
OK I found
this site, you might be able to make some sense of it. But I did read in there that they do make USB serial adapters that will work with Vista OS.
Good Luck and happy star gazing! If you find something new out there maybe you could name it after me if you get it working. lol
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