My Collection

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Sat Apr 14 14:38:30 2001

On April 14, John Foust wrote:
> At 12:06 PM 4/14/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >You and I both Sellam - this is like looking at stuff when we were in grade
> >school - like the fly that looked like a monster. Is this machine one the
> >large heavy ones I've seen in older books or have they brought the
> >electromicrograph machines to a reasonable size? I'd hate to even ask what
> >one surplus would set a person back.
>
> They'll be as easy to get as a PDP, I suspect. From reading the
> microscopy mailing list I mentioned a few messages ago, when these
> electron microscopes get to be 10-25 years old, people tend
> to give them away for the hauling.

  I wouldn't say that's a universal thing. I personally know of about
30-40 perfectly functional, daily-use SEM installations, NONE of which
are less than 20 years old.

            -Dave McGuire
Received on Sat Apr 14 2001 - 14:38:30 BST