As long as the 176 and 176A are used as a pair, they are
interchangeable. As pointed out, the objectives from the Series 10
and Series 110 were the same design so there are no compatibility
issues.
Price was not a factor at the time of the change, engineering changes
dictate a new catalog number for inventory control.

Wayne

--- In Microscope@yahoogroups.com, "m42minolta" <m42minolta@...>
wrote:
>
> Tedd, Mike, and Gregg,
>
> Thank you all for your reply!
>
> Bryan
>
> --- In Microscope@yahoogroups.com, "Gregg Kleinberg"
> <microscopeman@> wrote:
> >
> > Since the objectives and the infinity path are identical to the
> two platforms, I must deduce that interchanging the two types of
> eyepieces should not cause any type of image degradation.
> >
> > In most likelihood - the only difference from the "old version"
to
> the "new version", was that the new version cost more in the AO
> price list!
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > Gregg
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: m42minolta
> > To: Microscope@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 11:07 AM
> > Subject: [Microscope] Re: AO Eyepiece 176 and 176A,
> interchangeable?
> >
> >
> > No one can help???
> >
> > --- In Microscope@yahoogroups.com, "m42minolta" <m42minolta@>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > According to AO's parts list, eyepiece 176 is for 10/20, 176A
> is for
> > > 110/120. Are they interchangeable?
> > >
> > > Thanks for your advice.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>