darklide

Dugg down, for trying to sell you product here.

still tells us nothing about the microscope's condition or the microscope you are comparing it to.

http://store.amscope.com/b100a.html The Amscope

The Olympus has,three Olympus objectives 60/0.80/0.17, 40/0.65/0.17 & 10/0.25. Will focus magnify properly when the knob move between 0-200 division. All the knobs work, it needs cleaning as there is dust inside.

Merged post follows:

Anybody?

depends on how well the old one has stood the test of time and how good it was to start with as well as how good the new one is

 

impossible to tell without trying.

In 1976, Olympus launched the CH Series, a modular biological microscope for practical laboratory teaching applications, in place of the KHS, KHC, HSB, and HSC.

The CH Series could meet diverse needs because of its excellent performance and modular design. The Series comprised three models: the CHA (6V 10W halogen light source), CHB (20W tungsten light source), and CHC (the mirror CH-MM or the CH-LSK 20W with a simple illumination device). The Series was painted in a warm gray color.

By switching modules, the microscope could be used for simple polarization, drawing, or incident light (metallurgical) microscopy. The CH Series used the same modules as the BH Series.

Would a 34 Year old Olympus microscope be better then a new Amscope?