In article <30E584E8.456E at biomed.med.yale.edu>, "David R. Johnson"
<johnson at biomed.med.yale.edu> wrote:
>Dear Netters,
> We have a flow cytometer that works very well (Becton-Dickenson
>FACSort) connected to a Hewlett-Packard Computer that runs an
>ancient OS and doesn't work very well. For example, only 80 files
>can fit on a floppy, regardless of how small they are (1 parameter
>analysis of 2000 cells is only a few Kb).
> B-D sells a Mac system for the FACS, but it costs a bundle
>($20k).
> Does anyone have (or know of) a floppy driver that works on a DOS
>machine (Windows 3.1) or, preferably, a Mac? This would allow
>importation of FACS data into Excel, etc., and would stop the
>proliferation of H-P formatted floppies around the lab.
>>thanks in advance (also for any corrections if my understanding of
>the solution is flawed!)
>-Dave
If you have the money, a permanent solution that would let you use a Mac
for everything and dump that HP is to get the new-ish BD CellQuest
upgrade. This is hardware/software that replaces the HP completely...
Unfortunately, very pricey.
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Richard R. Hardy Member, Institute for Cancer Research
Fox Chase Cancer Center Tel: (215) 728-2463
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