Doug,

Just a thought but have you considered installing Windows-NT on your PC
rather than Win 95? Our Leica TCS-4D came with NT installed as the PC
interface
software, so Leica do have 'official' expertise with that combination! It
has worked quite well
to date (the interface at least!!!) and has proven to be very useful in
networking, as it should.

Good luck,
Graham


>I've a question for users of Leica's TCS-4D confocal.  We're interested in
>upgrading the operation system on the PC portion of this microscope from
>Win 3.1 to Win 95.  Last fall I asked our Leica contact and received the
>following response:
>
>"We have UNOFFICIALLY tried Win 95 with Scanware. It worked. But I stress the
>word UNOFFICIALLY so any trouble you might encounter will not be Leica's
>responsibility. Good luck."
>
>Has anyone else out there tried such an upgrade?  How is it working for
>you?  Have you had any problems?
>
>This issue was raised again here at the UA this week and I'd like the
>benefit of other's experiences.  I can see a number of advantages to moving
>to Win 95 (theoretically more crash proof, long file name support, PnP,
>etc), but I've dealt enough with blame-shifting instrument and computer
>manufacturers (I'm not necessarily putting Leica in that category) that I'm
>not eager to be a pioneer.
>
>Thanks (in advance) for your feedback,
>Doug
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Graham Johnson
Biomaterials Group
CSIRO Molecular Science,
North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia
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