>Hi,
>Can BioRad's COMOS or SOM software, used to operate the BioRad MRC-600
>confocal, be run in a Windows NT/98 DOS shell? This software requires a DOS
>environment, but I am not sure if the 'DOS-shell' available in Windows 98
>and NT-- where DOS is running 'on top of' Windows-- will also support this
>software (the folks at BioRad were also not sure).
>Thanks, -Ethan
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Ethan Gahtan, Ph.D.
>Department of Biology
>Northeastern University
>414 Mugar Hall
>Boston, MA, 02115
>http://www.dac.neu.edu/biology/gahtan

Hello,

I have succesfully run Comos in Win98 and Win95 with no problem. Its
running on a Pentium 100/64 megs ram and we have been pleased with
its performance. I have have not tried it under NT, but I would
suspect that it would not run as the support for dos in NT is not
complete.

Best regards,
kevin

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