dreamkruiser

Hello, thanks in advance and thank you for any welcomes! I recently found a Meade telestar, f70060 (what I gather is the commonly used name). It's been very hard finding information about it, but I'm realizing it may not matter if I get decent future proof equipment. My real question is what are the new standards for equipment? It has this garbage tripod with tiny knobs, telescope mounted by two bolts. 965 focuser. It looks like plenty of adapters exist for all of these problems but what are the new standards I should be adapting to, so I can upgrade later down the road. Thanks again!