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Though the film "Le Meraviglie" (see previous post) is anything but a wonder the Veho 200x microcsope is a wonder in itself and shows you even more wonders. The Veho USB 200x Discovery VMS-001 Microscope (and how to use it) I'm writing this because I'm a bit annoyed at the documentation of what is really a pretty good instrument for the price (about 40 Euros). I hesitated before buying because of some of the Amazon UK bad reviews. Most of the 1 star reviews were from people having problems with Windows-XP or the Mac. So avoid it if you have one of those old operating systems. I installed it on Windows 7 32 bit and Windows 7 64 bit with no problems (though one 2 star reviews said it was not compatible with these systems). Plug in the microscope to your USB port, some software will automatically run to install some low level drivers, wait till that finishes. Put in the mini-CD in your CD slot. You'll be asked if you want to execute Menu.Exe, click on that opt

Here's a film to forget: Le Meraviglie (The Wonders): I should have followed my instincts. If a film is appearing at Venice or Cannes and may win something there it is probably not worth seeing. So I wasted 7 Euros and 2 hours of my life watching this boring boring clunky pointless film. It won at Cannes! The critics will probably say it was meant to be clunky and pointless. Ah, we're all too stupid to see the genius of the director no doubt...