Tony, There are two electronic boards: one for the FACScan and one for the Macintosh. There are two versions of the Mac board, one for Nubus (older Quadra/PowerMacs) and one for PCI (newer PowerMac/G3/G4s). The Macintosh serial port -- a USB-to-serial device on newer PowerMacs -- is used to control the ACDU on a FACS Vantage. I don't have an autoloader, so I don't know what interface it uses. There are also two versions of the CellQuest security dongle, one for ADB and one for USB. The "blue and white" G3 was the last Mac to have ADB. I only bring up some of these details because you mention the Macintosh serial port, which suggests that you may be trying to connect an older Mac to your FACScan. In order to use the current BDIS hardware/software, you'll at least need a Mac with a PCI bus and a USB port. I don't have the software reqs in front of me, but I can dig them up if you need them. Good luck, Eric >Could someone tell me what is involved with upgrading a FACScan to a >Macintosh? I know there's a board that goes into the instrument, but I >believe the mac connection is through the serial port. I was wondering if >putting the board in the instrument is simply a matter of plugging it into >a slot. If so, I could save a trip by our BD tech, which is rather >expensive give our remote location in western Colorado. > >Thanks, > >Tony >-- >Tony Schountz, Ph.D. >Dept. of Biology >Mesa State College Eric Van Buren, aa9080@wayne.edu Karmanos Cancer Institute and Immunology & Microbiology Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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