Re: Old instruments
Dave Coder (dave@nucleus.immunol.washington.edu)
Thu, 20 May 93 11:24:04 -0700
The fate of another brand instruments traded in to a competing vendor
is indeed summarized in two words: land fill. They want to keep their
competitor's instrument out of the marketplace. However, instruments
traded in to the same company to upgrade an old instrument could meet
with a different fate.
Where people know what they're doing, old instruments can be
refurbished and do useful work. Getting rid of old acquisition
computers for new ones is not difficult. I and several others have
done data acquisition programs on PCs to connect to older flow
cytometers. However, issues of service, parts, support, etc. for
proprietary components are often a problem.
Dave Coder
CD ROM Vol 2 was produced by staff at the Purdue University Cytometry Laboratories
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If you have any comments please direct them to Dr. J. Paul Robinson, Professor & Director, PUCL,
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