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551 Mark Mehall
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Sep 23, 2010
5:10 pm
I noticed that Think Geek has dropped the price on their Wireless USB Microscope to $79.99 (was $139.99). The specs look good, 350K pixels, 20X to 200X, 8...
552 ants_in_my_plants
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Oct 22, 2010
9:02 pm
Ok, I got around to replacing the lamps with LEDs. I picked up a couple of these: ...
553 Mark Mehall
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Oct 22, 2010
10:40 pm
Hi Warren, Thanks for the report on the ultrabright white LEDs. You might try some of the pink or amber color gels from a Roscolux Swatchbook to filter out...
554 ants_in_my_plants
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Oct 23, 2010
6:22 am
I've been playing around more with this setup. These LEDs have a definite blue-ish cast to them, more so then then some of the other ultrabright LEDs I've...
555 Chris
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Oct 23, 2010
10:39 pm
Hi all This may not seen much right now. But when I lost one of those Altria bright LED's I found radioshake a great supply of white LED's at a fair price....
556 Mark Mehall
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Oct 24, 2010
1:33 am
Hi Chris, The 64-bit driver for the QX5 from Digital Blue works fine on 64-bit machines. The QX5 64-bit drivers for Windows 7 and Vista are available here: ...
557 Chris
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Oct 24, 2010
2:16 am
Hi mark I have windows 7 I talk to digital Blue tech's and they told me that the drivers (64 bit) for the QX5 but what they told me was that the drivers for...
558 ants_in_my_plants
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Oct 24, 2010
3:19 am
I may try one of the 12v white LEDs. They have a minimum operating voltage of 4v. Might not be bright enough though. -Warren...
559 Mark Mehall
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Oct 24, 2010
4:01 am
Hi Chris, I think the original QX5 (as well as the newer QX5 V2) will work fine with Vista (and Windows 7) 64-bit. Just download the driver from Digital Blue...
560 Chris
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Oct 24, 2010
4:18 am
Ok thanks Mark will try Chris in Oregon _____ From: qx3@yahoogroups.com [mailto:qx3@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Mehall Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010...
561 Chris
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Oct 24, 2010
10:32 pm
Hi Mark Well I did just as you said and the QX5 software installed ok but now I can not get a driver to work I don't know if you understand that we are ...
562 Mark Mehall
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Oct 25, 2010
3:16 am
Hi Chris, Yes, I understand that you have the old QX5 and not the newer V2 model. I also have the old QX5 and it works fine with my 64-bit Windows 7. It is...
563 Chris
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Oct 25, 2010
4:08 am
Mark So the Old software will work then with Vista I had to install under admen is that the same here buy chance. It's to bad the camera is not better in ...
564 ants_in_my_plants
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Nov 5, 2010
5:45 pm
Ok, I gave the 12v white LEDs a shot. They are milky white when off so they diffuse the light a bit better. But they are not bright enough and still too blue -...
565 Mark Mehall
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Nov 8, 2010
12:01 am
Since there currently isn't a 64bit driver available for the QX3 you might try a dual boot system. Create a new partition (or add a second hard drive) and load...
566 Mark Mehall
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Jul 4, 2011
8:13 pm
Digital Blue has announced that a new microscope will be available this fall. The QX7 is getting an improved base, camera, and glass optics. Here are the...
567 Mark Mehall
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Jul 4, 2011
8:48 pm
The correct link is: http://www.digiblue.com/products/Digital-Blue-QX7-Digital-Microscope-%252d-COMING-SOON!--.html ... From: Mark Mehall <mmehall@...> ...
568 Mark Mehall
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Jul 4, 2011
8:51 pm
Oops, try this: QX7 Coming Soon ... From: Mark Mehall <mmehall@...> Subject: [QX3] Re: Link to New QX7 Digital Microscope Announcement To:...
569 Mark Mehall
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Jul 5, 2011
2:48 am
Yahoo email doesn't like the "!" in the link below. To find out about the QX7, just go to the Digital Blue home page: http://www.digiblue.com and search for...
570 Mike Strange
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Jul 8, 2011
9:13 am
If you are in UK this might be useful. Aldi have a special offer on Thursday 14th July: USB computer microscope including table attachment With 1.3 megapixel...
571 Mark Mehall
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Jul 8, 2011
4:54 pm
Thanks Mike, That's a great price (about $47 US). The driver supports Vista x64 which means it should run on Windows 7 64-bit also. -Mark ... From: Mike...
572 Mike Strange
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Jul 8, 2011
5:22 pm
I guess freight costs would put it out of court for us to buy up a few and ship them out to you guys. It will no doubt weigh the same as mine which would add...
573 Mike Strange
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Dec 5, 2011
5:31 pm
Another one for folk in the UK, this time at Lidl and only £29.99 http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_26618.htm Image can only be viewed...
574 Mike Strange
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Dec 12, 2011
5:25 pm
Lidl UK have another microscope on offer as of Thursday, this one is quite different see http://tinyurl.com/d36ntsa Bresser Biolux NV Microscope £ 49.99...
575 Mark Mehall
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Jan 29, 2012
3:38 am
Hi Jim, Please confirm that your computer is running the 32-bit verion of Windows 7 by right-clicking on Computer and seleting properties. If you see "64-bit...
576 Chris in Oregon
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Jan 29, 2012
6:59 pm
Hi Mark What about the QX5 and windows 7 and a 64 bit Operating system I have not been able to get mine to work. Chris in Oregon _____ From:...
577 Mark Mehall
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Jan 29, 2012
7:15 pm
Hi Chris,   The QX5 should run fine on Windows 7 64-bit. Try unistalling the software and dowload the latest 64-bit version from here: ...
578 bberryvp Offline Send Email Feb 14, 2012
6:08 pm
Does anyone know what is happening with the QX7? I keep waiting for it, but maybe will try to find a used QX5 instead.......
579 colin huller
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Feb 14, 2012
6:39 pm
Hi - just checked their website - http://www.digiblue.com/products/Digital-Blue-QX7-Digital-Microscope-%252d-COMING-SOON!--.html to summerise - pre orders...
580 Mark Mehall
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Feb 29, 2012
11:14 pm
The QX3 seems to work fine with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview 32-bit version released today. I followed the same steps used to install the QX3 on Windows 7....
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