Jim, I am using Outlook express and did not get an offer to convert to text.

Derward



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim" <jimf@webstudios.co.uk>
To: "'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'" <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 5:50 PM
Subject: RE: [OT] SMT Microscopes


> I'm not sure about the dot, but the shooting star was the eBay 10,000+
> feedback icon from the seller you named in your email.
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> As you have their feedback score in the email, I am guessing you cut and
> pasted the name from the eBay page?  If I cut-paste in this way, I get the
> name, the feedback count (one more than your cut-paste) and the shooting
> star, The list will automatically strip the email down to text only, also,
> if you are using outlook, did it offer to convert to text (lost tables
> formatting)?
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> -Jim
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf 
> Of
> Doug Metzler
> Sent: 29 April 2007 22:37
> To: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'
> Subject: RE: [OT] SMT Microscopes
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> They were .gif files, one was 112 bytes (a dot) and the other was 753 
> bytes
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> (a little shooting star).
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> I don't know off the top of my head whether a virus can be transmitted via
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> .gif.  If so I'm screwed, except that what kind of virus can you transmit 
> in
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> 753 bytes that also shows a valid image.
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> I wasn't able to find what you were referring to on eBay, though.  Do you
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> have a link?
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> Thanks,
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> DougM
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf 
> Of
>
> Derward
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> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 2:09 PM
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> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
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> Subject: Re: [OT] SMT Microscopes
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> I just sent a reply before this and it had an attchment.  I DO NOT WHERE 
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> CAME FROM AND
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> HAS NOTHING WITH MY ORIGINAL POST.
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> Derward
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> From: "Doug Metzler" <dougm62@comcast.net>
>
> To: "'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'" <piclist@mit.edu>
>
> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 1:34 PM
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> Subject: [OT] SMT Microscopes
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>> I'm in the market for a stereo microscope for doing SMT work at home.  I
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>> have one at work and the difference is night and day from trying to use a
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>> magnifying glass.
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>> I'm thinking about one of these:
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> http://www.boommicroscopes.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=
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>> 458&zenid=9504e6cbdce9e3cb87a831a82a80a356
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>> Does anyone have any experience with this particular microscope or
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>> BoomMicroscopes.com in general?
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>> Any other microscopes in the same ($600) price range as this scope that I
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>> should look at?  Any gotchas, experiences or recommendations in general?
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>> Thanks,
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>> DougM
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