{"id":3677,"date":"2011-02-27T00:52:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T06:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=3677"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:11:00","slug":"ao-stereostar-microscope-wiki-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/ao-stereostar-microscope-wiki-page\/","title":{"rendered":"AO StereoStar Microscope Wiki Page"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today, while I was tweaking the microscope that I use for surface mount soldering, I realized that I have collected quite a bit of hard to find information about this circa~1975 model 569 American Optical StereoStar Stereoscopic Zoom Microscope (say that three times fast!).<\/p>\n

So, I made a wiki page and put it all online. \u00a0StereoStar owners, rejoice!<\/p>\n

AO StereoStar Stereo Zoom Microscope Resources<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, while I was tweaking the microscope that I use for surface mount soldering, I realized that I have collected quite a bit of hard to find information about this circa~1975 model 569 American Optical StereoStar Stereoscopic Zoom Microscope (say that three times fast!). 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