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 >> >> >> >> -- >> ****************************************************** >> Adrian Smith (PhD Student) T CELL BIOLOGY GROUP >> Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine & Cell Biology >> Locked Bag No.6 Newtown, NSW 2042 AUSTRALIA. >> ****************************************************** >> 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 -- End --
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