[RASMB] N/A

[John E Harlan]

Steve-

I think the need for the $15,000 US upgrade depends on the age of your 
system.  Beckman switched cameras and lasers at some point, and the new 
acquisition boards involved were compatible with Windows 2000 computers. 
Our system was installed in the 1996-97 time-frame, and we did such an 
upgrade a while ago, mainly to allow for that computer upgrade.    I don't 
think there was any "official Beckman" way around it (could be some of the 
users out there found alternatives). 

On the positive side, the interference data was noticeably better when 
they were done.

As far as Kanchan being able to use his Dell, I vaguely remember some 
compatibility issues that made it preferable to stay with IBM computers, 
but I certainly don't remember the details.  We never experimented.  Maybe 
some of the users out there can comment further.

Good Luck,

John



smcbryan <smcbryan at lamar.colostate.edu> 
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Kachan, 
We have been told by Beckman that in order to upgrade to a new computer
(our XL-I is circa 1996 and the IBM PC runs Windows 95) that we would need
a computer, camera and software upgrades that would cost nearly $15,000 
US.
If you or others can find a way around this, please let me know. 
steve


On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:05:12 +0530, "Kanchan Gupta Phd Batch 2006 Cell Bio
R.P.Roy" <kanchi at nii.res.in> wrote:
> hi
> 
> we were facing problems because of low memory of our old Pentium 3
> computer. Therefore, we ordered a new Dell (TM) Inspiron (TM) 545 
desktop
> with windows xp 32 bit, 2.93GHz processor and 4 GB RAM. i wanted to know
> if the new computer can be used with the Beckman Optima XL-I analytical
> ultracentrifuge, class T instrument. It was installed in 2002-03 and the
> serial no. is W103A02. The operating software version available is
Beckman
> XL-x (BECKMA~1.LNK).
> 
> regards
> 
> Kanchan Gupta
> Research Scholar
> Cell Biology Lab-II
> National Institute of Immunology
> Aruna asaf ali marg
> New Delhi-110067
> 
> INDIA
> 
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> Subject: [RASMB] Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply to my
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>> All the responses were very useful, thank you again 
>>
>> John D Doran, Ph.D.
>> Protein Biochemistry
>> Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.
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