[RASMB] Exchange of the control PC

[Tom Laue]

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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