Hi Tony, There are two boards involved, one in the instrument and one in the computer; Connection is a high speed parallel, not the apple serial port. Plugging the board into the computer is simple, I think the instrument needed some cabling changes as well as the board. It's a few years since we had it done, the Scan has now been replaced with a FACScalibur. Joseph. At 10:33 1/3/2002, Tony Schountz wrote: >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 -- Joseph Webster, Flow Cytometry Facility Centenary Institute, Sydney, AUSTRALIA. Phone +61-2-9565-6110
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