But when you have an entire control console full of electronics and the cables are a specific length and the length that the cables would need to be changes depending on what side of the microscope you have the console on…

I guess this is one of those things that has become less of an issue as microscopes have gotten more compact

One consideration you have to think about somewhat frequently is where the transformers are in the control console because those generate a magnetic field that could interfere with the beam.

And then there’s times where the control console is very clearly designed to go on one side of the microscope, but for various reasons, it would be way better if the control console could be on the other side and then it’s kind of some bullshit to make that happen.

Like do you put the control console on left or right side of a microscope?