[RASMB] raptor problems

[Michael Bovee]

Hi RASMBers,

We recently set up a new IBM PC with large hard drive capacity to run 
our XL-I.  It came preconfigured with Windows 2000, which we wanted 
no part of, so we installed Win98 on it instead.  (the old computer 
setup was Win95, but for a number of reasons we wanted to update to 
Win98, and initially our rep didn't seem to caution about any 
problems with that.)

Well, we seem to have all the newest from Beckman (software p4.5b) 
but now we cannot launch the software without crashing the raptor 
fringe display.  Closer inspection reveals at least 2 versions of 
raptor, and previously I guess we were using Raptor95.  By separately 
launching a different version (just plain Raptor) first and then 
launching the data acqusition application, we seem to have a tenuous 
workaround that allows us to collect data again, but it crashed part 
way through one user's run last nite.

I'm looking for a better solution from other Win98 users.  Eproms and 
all physical connections have been double checked for proper 
connections, etc. and the setup seemed to be working correctly the 
first time it was launched to check things out, but now...

Kind Regards,
--Michael
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