Re: OS9+Cellquest

From: janet dow (jldow@pop-in.ncsu.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 13 2000 - 08:56:09 EST


The new USB dongle that comes with Cellquest 3.3 does work-I have it on
both my G4s which aquires and analyzes data from a facscan and
facscalibur-I have OS 8.6.1.

Janet Dow


At 9:48 AM -0600 3/10/00, Paul Weiss wrote:
>I am running Cell Quest 3.2.1 on a new G4 with OS9 using a Rainbow ADB
>dongle hooked to a Griffin USB to ADB adapter without any problems.  This is
>just an analysis station so the BD Inits are not loaded.  The only problem
>that I had was getting the software to recognize the dongle.  I had to get a
>driver from Griffin to solve that.
>
>I thought that the USB dongle bundled with the new version of Cell Quest
>(3.3) was designed to be used on a G4.  Maybe they don't have all the kinks
>worked out yet.
>
>> From: Adrian Smith <A.Smith@centenary.usyd.edu.AU>
>> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2000 11:40:50 +1100
>> To: Cytometry Mailing List <cytometry@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu>
>> Subject: Re: OS9+Cellquest
>>
>>
>>> Cell Quest runs on G4s running OS9.  You just need to purchase a USB to ADB
>>> adapter to attach your dongle.  I recommend the I-Mate from Griffin
>>> Technologies.  Then download the recent version of the driver from
>>>Griffin's
>>> website (http://www.griffintechnology.com/imac/imate_driver.html), which
>>> will support the dongle.
>>
>> Well it doesn't work in the lab next door with a USB dongle and it
>> certainly didn't work for David Chambers (see his post to this list
>> on 13.1.00).
>>
>> Next door haven't tried it with a USB-ADB adaptor which makes me
>> wonder if the USB dongle might be part of the problem with Mac OS 9.0
>>
>> We are still using it on a PowerMac 7300/180 for very occasional
>> work. Any heavy duty analysis is done in FlowJo.
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>>
>>
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Janet Dow
Research Techinican and Manager
Flow Cytometry Facility
North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine
Room C-314
Raleigh, NC 27606
(919)513-6364



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