Inexpensive digital microscope

Bert Hickman · 2012-09-20T05:52:15+00:00

I'm looking for an inexpensive digital inspection microscope that provides 20 - 200X+ magnification with at least 3/4" working distance between bottom of optics and object. I want to use this to capture color images and video to a PC.Any suggestions?Bert-- Bert HickmanStoneridge Engineering***********************************************************************World's source for "Captured Lightning" Lichtenberg Figure sculptures,magnetically "shrunken" coins, and scarce/out of print technical books***********************************************************************

Sep 20, 2012 43 Replies

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JW 13 years ago

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Vista was crap, which is probably why you liked it so much, JackScat.

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Jasen Betts 13 years ago

I wasted 30 minutes on wednesday trying to install the PL2303 drivers on win7 perhaps the problem was that it had previously worked on that machine?

PL2303s are more common than 16550s, why can't they just ship a working driver with windows.

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Jon 13 years ago

Try running Classic Shell,

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and Network Activity Indicator,

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The last one restores a XP like network tray icon.

There are a few other tweaks to help mitigate the changes in Win 7, I can tell you about later.

Jon

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Rich Webb 13 years ago

Add ShellFolderFix to the list.

If you have Desktop folders where you keep related apps, you may have noticed (and cursed) that Win7 only "remembers" the size and position of the last one closed. ShellFolderFix restores (mostly) the XP-style behavior where each Explorer window kept its own characteristics.

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