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Hi George,

it's a Bio-Rad Radiance 2-Photon and the ICU is coupled to the computer 
via firewire. Installing the card carefully in a new PC should not harm. 
However, it depends on the type of connection (ISA, PCI...) and if it's 
still available in the new PC. The main problem is probably the driver 
to run the SCSI card under XP. Maybe you can discuss with Zeiss to send 
an engineer who can do the installation. But I would first give it a try 
on an existing machine.

cheers,
Michael


George Ring schrieb:
> Hi, Cameron,
>  
> We, too, would LOVE to upgrade our current PowerEdge 2300 controlling 
> our MRC1024 running NT 4.0.  We run the Zeiss LaserSharp 6 as a 
> workstation on a new Dell GX620 running Windows 2000 with no problems.  
> However, the LaserSharp application is configured for a Radiance.  In 
> fact, the installation instructions state specifically that the upgrade 
> is only for Radiance systems and not the 1024.  Sadly, there is no 
> Windows 2000 or XP update for the 1024 that I know of.  The 1024 was an 
> orphan child even with Bio-Rad once the Radiance came out, and Zeiss, 
> understandably, hasn't and won't make any upgrades.    I considered 
> trying to transfer the proprietary boards from the PowerEdge to a new 
> machine - even running NT, however, I have my doubts whether the boards 
> will be compatible with the newer and faster busses and processors.  
> Also, not being a computer guru, I am afraid that putting the boards 
> into a new machine might cause damage to the boards and completely 
> incapacitate my system.  Sorry to be so pessimistic; I hope someone will 
> add an email and show me to be wrong.    If someone has succeeded in 
> upgrading to a newer machine, I would love to hear about it.  I don't 
> know if Michael's,  system is an MRC 1024 2-Photon, and I'm perplexed 
> about what firewire card he has.  My PowerEdge/MRC 1024 is all SCSI and 
> was built long before firewire was standard equipment. 
>  
> Good luck - I'd love to hear from anyone who has successfully upgraded 
> their computer.
>  
> George
> 
>  
> George Ring, Ph.D.
> Dept. of Cell and Developmental Biology
> SUNY Upstate Medical University
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>  >>> Michael Weber <[log in to unmask]> 6/12/07 4:18:21 AM >>>
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> Hi Cam,
> 
> we do run Zeiss Lasersharp version 6.x under Windows XP to control a
> Bio-Rad 2-Photon setup. It's not the big problem if you have the
> database from the NT system. However, you need a special driver for the
> firewire card, so it might be a good idea to contact the Zeiss support
> for that.
> 
> cheers,
> Michael
> 
> 
> Nowell, Cameron schrieb:
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>  > Howdy List,
>  >
>  >                  I was wondering of anyone out there has had any
>  > experience using the BioRad Lasersharp 2000 software on an operating
>  > system a bit more modern that NT 4.0? I have done a bit of googleing and
>  > can not find any info.
>  >
>  > 
>  >
>  > The reason for asking this is that we are looking at upgrading our old
>  > MRC1024 with some shiny new solid state lasers. But there would not be
>  > much point in this if there is no upgrade path for the software as well.
>  > Our current computer with NT 4.0 on it is working fine, but when it
>  > eventually gives in we will have to upgrade it. The problem with that is
>  > that NT is not going to like a great majority of the current run
>  > hardware in a brand new system.
>  >
>  > 
>  >
>  > The only other alternative I can see is to run a Virtual Machine of NT
>  > 4.0 on a new computer system but I would like to avoid that if possible.
>  >
>  > 
>  >
>  > Thanks in advance
>  >
>  > 
>  >
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>  > Cam
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