Comments on: Video microscopy gets an upgrade http://www.evilsoft.org/2005/04/26/video-microscopy-gets-an-upgrade We're everywhere.... Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:59:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Administrator http://www.evilsoft.org/2005/04/26/video-microscopy-gets-an-upgrade/comment-page-1#comment-15624 Administrator Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:20:36 +0000 http://www.evilsoft.org/?p=37#comment-15624 At least with the QX3, it was basically just a webcam, and you could use any program that could use a webcam to interact with it. At least that's how it worked on linux. Don't know if you can do that with the QX5. At least with the QX3, it was basically just a webcam, and you could use any program that could use a webcam to interact with it. At least that’s how it worked on linux.

Don’t know if you can do that with the QX5.

]]> By: Joseph M. Newcomer http://www.evilsoft.org/2005/04/26/video-microscopy-gets-an-upgrade/comment-page-1#comment-15579 Joseph M. Newcomer Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:50:10 +0000 http://www.evilsoft.org/?p=37#comment-15579 The only problem with the QX5 was that the software was designed by idiots; it changes the screen resolution, which is *always* the wrong thing to do (it causes my system to malfunction because I have a dual-monitor system). They say they will not fix this problem, nor will they give any specifications of the API to the microscope so intelligent human beings can write a program that actually works. Give it a pass. The only problem with the QX5 was that the software was designed by idiots; it changes the screen resolution, which is *always* the wrong thing to do (it causes my system to malfunction because I have a dual-monitor system). They say they will not fix this problem, nor will they give any specifications of the API to the microscope so intelligent human beings can write a program that actually works. Give it a pass.

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