I am not sure what all of this cost....but I know of many labs in my dept. which have g3's and installed cellquest and the such--- Why not just buy a new computer and use the old clunker for e-mail? The dongle will work, the software will work and you don't need some service person to come out--- good luck Dom On 6 Oct 1999, Cliff McArthur wrote: > Date: 6 Oct 99 10:02:08 PDT > From: Cliff McArthur <cytocliff@netscape.net> > To: Cytometry Mailing List <cytometry@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu> > Subject: Upgrade from Quadra > > > Hi Everyone, > > Some months ago I posted a message requesting input on efforts to upgrade from > an ancient Quadra to a PowerMac/G3 for my FACSCalibur-attached workstation. > It became clear that more than a few would like to know how I ended up dealing > with this upgrade. Well, here's the long and short of it. Apologies for > taking so long to get back to the list. > > It was not going to be simple. In the end, I needed a new digital signal > processor board (hope I got that right) for the new CPU, and that was to > constitute the bulk of the cost (available from National Instruments). Also > needed: a new cable to extend from the Calibur to the CPU and a whole new > FACStation software package. Replies from this list, a chat or two with BD > and a couple of other users, and my PI led to the decision that the hassle > factor was going to be too high if I tried to get it together myself. For us, > too little time + we found the money to go the BD upgrade route + too much > hassle = we forked out the money to BD. > > As much as I don't like giving BD money I don't think they deserve or have > earned, they clearly have many of us by the... > > well, I now have the new CPU and such in a corner of my lab awaiting > installation. With it all came a notice that if this is for a FACSCalibur, a > service engineer needs to install it because there is some internal (to the > Calibur) work to be done. Now I await that visit. > > In sum, we were lucky to have the money and paid it to save time (it's only me > and my instruments and far too many users) and a lot of hassle. I do have the > impression we could have circuitously avoided much BD involvement and that the > upgrade is more than possible this way. > > Cliff McArthur > UC San Francisco > 415-502-6860 > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. >
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