Our Phaser solid ink printers failed after 4 years use and we decided to switch to inkjet printers on our Macs. We upgraded two PM7300/200's with Belkin USB cards. (One on our Facstar+ and one for our workstation). We are using Cellquest 3.1 and did not not have any problems with installing System 8.6. Also upgraded RAM to 128MB, (very cheap at $39.95 from Other World Computing, Chicago). 8.6 is recommended for USB support but it's not perfect. The Belkin cards have 2 USB ports, though only one device will work. We couldn't plug in a printer and a new optical mouse at the same time, it was either the printer or the mouse. The printers were HP950c (nice inkjet) on the Facstar+ and an HP940 (not as nice) for the workstation. I also used 8.6 disk from home and it was smooth sailing. I just installed 8.6 as a system upgrade from 8.1 without any other software. I do believe that 8.6 is the highest version that Cellquest 3.1 will work with. There was a thread in this list a while ago about not using 9.0 or higher. Ernie Stapleton Immunology and Genetics Labs Health Sciences Center St. John's Nfld Canada on 4/22/02 7:24 PM, Chance, Tim at jtc3@CDC.GOV wrote: > > We tried to up grade and wanted USB also. I installed system 8.6 from a > disk that came w/ my home PowerMac and we had to have the BD tech come out > and reinstall everything. As of a few months ago, we were told the same > thing about up grading with the BD software. > Tim Chance > CDC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Shlomchik [mailto:mark.shlomchik@yale.edu] > Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 11:15 AM > To: cyto-inbox > Subject: Vantage and MacOS software > > > > Quick questions: > > We are running a PowerMac Desktop (300mHz) on a Vantage SE. It is > using system 8.1. We wanted to upgrade the system to a more modern > version (Sys 8.6 or 9.2) in order to improve performance and take > advantage of USB. We had planned to install a USB PCI card to do > this. > > Interestingly, BD has claimed they do not support anything higher > than OS 8.1 on this configuration!? > > 1. Has anyone else upgraded the OS on a similar system and does it work? > > 2. Must Cellquest/Vantage use only OS 8.1? > > 3. Has anyone put a USB card in such a computer and does it work with > Cellquest/Vantage? We want to use it to drive a printer. > > Thanks in advance for any input or advice. > > Mark > > -- > Mark Shlomchik, MD, PhD > Associate Professor of Laboratory Medicine > and Immunobiology > Yale University School of Medicine > > 203-688-2089 > 203-688-2748 (fax) > mark.shlomchik@yale.edu >
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