>Hi,
>
>We currently have the MRC-1024 in our facility and are also looking
>for computer hardware upgrades. The system we have now, I believe,
>has 256MB of RAM with a 233MHz CPU in a Dell. Yes, quite
>disappointing but it works well. Currently using OS/2. Our plan is
>to upgrade to Windows NT with a better computer as well as
>LaserSharp 2000. The upgrade cost is around $15,000 USD from
>Bio-rad. I could be mistaken, but if you want to use Windows NT, you
>might have to get LaserSharp 2000 too. Thus you might be wasting
>your money on the interim upgrade using OS/2. Hope this helps.
>
>Frank Lee

Andrea,

We bought our 1024 just as Dell stopped making the PowerEdge 2200,
one of the few IBM-clones that usually works with OS-2 and the one
BioRad had been using. After trying some other models, we eventually
bought a PowerEdge 2300.

I think that these are still made and can be obtained with quite high
clock speeds although ours can only use 512 MB of RAM in OS-2.

Cheers,

Jim P.
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