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Thanks for everybody for the solution of using PCI cards. We contact 
Mediacy to upgrade just the USB key but were told that since our 
software version is old we need to upgrade to
the current version for about $$$$. I am curious to know how you all 
were able to upgrade for $200 dollars (maybe your dealer made it easy).

For now, I guess the PCI method will work.

Thanks,

-Prabhakar

Jon Ekman wrote:
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> We just upgraded our computer using Image Pro 4.5.1. We used a Tyan 
> S2895 motherboard with two Opteron processors (no parallel port). We 
> added a generic parallel port PCI card and the software works fine. 
> USB to parallel will not work. Our card was $25 from local computer 
> store. We use XP –pro for the OS.
>
> Does this help?
>
> -Jon
>
> Jonathan M. Ekman
> Imaging Technology Group
> Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> 405 N. Mathews Avenue
> Urbana, IL 61801 USA
> Tel: 217-244-6292
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> *From:* Confocal Microscopy List 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Rosemary White
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 10, 2007 10:35 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: key for Software
>
> Yes, I was just about to email the same thing – it was $220AUD to do 
> this for analySIS.
> cheers,
> Rosemary Whtie
>
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> *From: *Chris Tully <[log in to unmask]>
> *Reply-To: *Confocal Microscopy List <[log in to unmask]>
> *Date: *Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:03:23 -0400
> *To: *[log in to unmask]
> *Subject: *Re: key for Software
>
> Search the CONFOCAL archive at 
> http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S1=confocal It is only 
> about $200 dollars to upgrade your key from parallel to USB.
>
> Chris Tully
>
> On 7/10/07, *Prabhakar Pandian* < [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
> > wrote:
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> Hello,
> We have a old version of Image Pro Plus software ver 4.5 which runs
> via a parallel port key.
>
> Recently our old computer crashed and we upgraded to a new one. We found
> that the new computers don't have a parallel port to plug the key.
>
> Upgrading the software is out of our budget to get the USB key.
>
> Is there a way to make the parallel key work with a USB. I tried the USB
> to Parallel converting cable, but although it works fine for printers but
> not
> for the software as they key is not recognized.
>
> Any suggestions will help us a lot.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Prabhakar
>


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B. Prabhakar Pandian
CFD Research Corporation
Biomedical Technology
215 Wynn Drive
Huntsville, AL 35805
Ph: 256-726-4942
Fax: 256-726-4806