[RASMB] Fwd: RE: Exchange of the control PC

[Allen Minton]

>From: "Kevin Jackson" <kevin.jackson at wyatt.com>
>Subject: RE: [RASMB] Exchange of the control PC
>Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:20:20 +0100
>Organization: Wyatt UK
>
>
>http://www.nixsys.com/index.php/products/isa-slot-workstation-and-servers.ht
>ml?gclid=CL2Kusv1nqsCFUMLfAodQC5nig
>
>or
>
>http://www.cmi-micro.com/products-isa-exp-e.htm
>
>will work.
>
>Kevin
>
>
>Dr. Kevin Jackson
>Wyatt Technology UK Ltd
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: rasmb-bounces at rasmb.bbri.org [mailto:rasmb-bounces at rasmb.bbri.org] On
>Behalf Of Allen Minton
>Sent: 14 September 2011 16:48
>To: Tom.Laue at unh.edu
>Cc: RASMB
>Subject: Re: [RASMB] Exchange of the control PC
>
>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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