[RASMB] Exchange of the control PC

[Allen Minton]

A couple of years ago we were able to buy a house-brand PC clone with 
an ISA bus from Tiger Direct for a reasonable price, specifically to 
use with an old fluorescence spectrofluorimeter we had inherited.  It 
works fine.  This could be a solution for the XLA.

Allen Minton


At 11:06 AM 9/14/2011, Tom Laue wrote:
>Hi Luitgard-
>If you have an interference optical system, you will have trouble 
>finding a computer with an ISA bus that will accommodate the camera 
>controller. The high cost of the upgrade is for a new camera and 
>interface that will work with the PCI bus found on newer computers. 
>There are specialty computer companies that will sell you a PC with 
>an ISA bus, but they are expensive and I do not know how well they 
>will work with the Beckman ISA camera controller.
>If you do not have an interference system, you can upgrade to pretty 
>much any computer and run Windows XP.
>Best wishes,
>Tom
>
>On 9/14/2011 10:20 AM, Dr. Nagel-Steger wrote:
>>Dear AUC user,
>>
>>our 10 year old XL-A is still running with the first computer using 
>>the Beckman control software (Version 4.5) under Windows 95.
>>Now the computer seems to have reached the end of its life span.
>>
>>We don't want to do the upgrade (costs 8367 Euro) and therefore 
>>plan to replace the computer by a new one and reinstall the old 
>>Beckman control software.
>>
>>Does anyone has experience with installing the Beckman software in 
>>a virtual box?
>>Or does anyone has experience in running the old Beckman software 
>>under an OS different from Windows 95?
>>
>>We would be very thankful for any help.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Luitgard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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