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Re: Newsgroup reader

From	Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com>
Newsgroups	sci.electronics.design
Subject	Re: Newsgroup reader
Date	2018-10-09 18:59 +0000
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On Mon, 08 Oct 2018 13:47:16 -0500, Jon Elson wrote:

> Until you have used a stereo-zoom microscope with enough working
> distance to get your hands tweezers and a soldering iron under it, you
> just don't know what you are missing.  

Absolutely. And it doesn't necessarily need a zoom facility. Some types 
have interchangeable lenses and a high quality stereoscope with decent 
illumination is a huge improvement over anything else I've tried.

> A ring light that doesn't cut into the working distance is also very
> important.  I made my own with a piece of PC board and some LEDs.

I've been using a point source of light which I thought was pretty good 
until I saw a ring light version - *vastly* superior.

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Newsgroup reader TTman <kraken.sankey@gmail.com> - 2018-10-06 20:19 +0100
  Re: Newsgroup reader <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-06 19:49 +0000
    Re: Newsgroup reader TTman <kraken.sankey@gmail.com> - 2018-10-06 21:38 +0100
      Re: Newsgroup reader TTman <kraken.sankey@gmail.com> - 2018-10-06 21:54 +0100
        Re: Newsgroup reader <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-07 07:15 +0000
          Re: Newsgroup reader Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-07 09:22 +0000
            Re: Newsgroup reader <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-07 11:07 +0000
              Re: Newsgroup reader gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com - 2018-10-07 08:01 -0700
                Re: Newsgroup reader <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-07 18:58 +0000
              Re: Newsgroup reader Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-07 15:22 +0000
                Re: Newsgroup reader <698839253X6D445TD@nospam.org> - 2018-10-07 18:58 +0000
                Re: Newsgroup reader Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2018-10-08 13:47 -0500
                Re: Newsgroup reader Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2018-10-09 18:59 +0000
                Re: Newsgroup reader Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2018-10-10 09:49 -0700
                Re: Newsgroup reader Neon John <no@never.com> - 2018-10-15 19:05 -0400
              Re: Newsgroup reader TTman <kraken.sankey@gmail.com> - 2018-10-07 19:55 +0100
            Re: Newsgroup reader gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com - 2018-10-07 07:59 -0700
              Re: Newsgroup reader Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2018-10-08 13:52 -0500
  Re: Newsgroup reader Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> - 2018-10-06 17:03 -0700
  Re: Newsgroup reader gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com - 2018-10-06 19:04 -0700
  Re: Newsgroup reader Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2018-10-08 13:42 -0500
  Re: Newsgroup reader Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nezumi.demon.co.uk> - 2018-10-09 11:00 +0100

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