Lately I've been more of a lurker on this site. I got a new to me ST80a about two months ago. I finally got a chance to get a decent mount for it. It's the Orion Astroview mount that came with my Astroview 6" f5 reflector.
I had to make an adapter to get it onto the mount. My Astroview is the older style mount that does not accept a dovetail. My brother helped me trim the edges so it would sit flat on the mounting plate. We even had clear skies to test it under last night! I wanted to show him Saturn, but did not have my barlow with to get the power up high enough to make out the rings.