cellquest/powermacs/facsconvert
BIGOS@Darwin.Stanford.EDU (Marcia.Woda@BANYAN.UMMED.EDU)
Tue, 30 Apr 96 13:56:56 EDT
I believe I am not the only person confused about the above topic. Cellquest
will not even read Cellquest generated files if they have taken a brief
excursion off the hard drive ie. to your file server . Facsconvert was
explained to me, and the users's guide also states, that this program
converts FCS 1.0 files to FCS 2.0. How then it also restores the infamous
Mac data resource fork is a mystery to me. Ideally , we here would like to
send our cellquest generated data files to our unix file server for offline
analysis on PC's and Macs. The Verity House programs are quite happy with
the file format. To run every file through Facsconvert so that it can be
read on whatever Mac configuration we eventually come up with is a
distressing thought. The error rate in file conversion seems to be quite high
and most end users will find this whole procedure to be a pain in the neck.
I am the greatest fan of BD optical benchs, but I hope they will make this
mess go away soon.
Marcia Woda UMMC FACS Facility
http://www.ummed.edu:8000/pub/g/gmarr
e-mail Marcia.Woda@BANYAN.UMMED.EDU
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