In article <5gkh0q$dg at net.bio.net>,
Bruce Roe, BROE at aardvark.ucs.ou.edu writes:
> We do a preliminary analysis on the Power Macs that collect the
> data but then move the files to one of 4 external Power Macs for
> re-tracking
> and re-analysis. Those wonderful folks at ABI are requiring that we order
> 4 more copies of the analysis programs so we can run them on our external
> Power Macs.
It may not be an option for everyone, but here we use a program called
Bass (http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/ftp/distribution/software/Bass/), on a
Linux PC.
It handles everything except data collection, ie tracking, base calling.
It's a while since I've used it personally, but I'm pretty sure it handles
48 well combs and probably 64 well combs too.
Of course, both the operating system (Linux) and Bass are free which is an
immediate advantage over ABI...
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Phil Davey
http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~pd/ E-mail pd at mole.bio.cam.ac.uk
Just because you're smart, doesn't mean you can't act stupid....
