We are the proud owners of a new FACSCalibur from BD and are trying to decide on the best way to store our data - both for back up and long term archiving. Initially, at least, the machine will be used by only 1 or 2 users and it is not expected that it will be acquiring data every day, let alone all day. However, the user pool may expand, but not too dramatically. The options we are considering are a ZIP drive with 10Mb discs or a JAZZ drive with 1Gb discs. Does anyone have negative or positive comments about either storage system? How reliable are these discs? Also the rest of our computers are PCs attached to a LAN. It would be technically and politically awkward to put the FACS Macintosh onto the LAN, so we are looking at ways of transferring data. The suggestion so far has been to install MicroSoft Office on the Mac, transfer files from CELLQUEST to PowerPoint on the Mac and then transfer them by floppy to a PC, where we should be able to reformat from MAC to PC-based PowerPoint on our LAN. Does anyone have other options, or should this work OK? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Marion Andrew marion@aahl.dah.csiro.au CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory Ph: (03) 5227 5745 Private Mail Bag 24 Int: +61 3 5227 5745 Geelong Vic 3220 Fax: (03) 5227 5555 Australia Int: +61 3 5227 5555 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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