Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!uunet!mailrus!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!jes From: jes@mbio.med.upenn.edu (Joe Smith) Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.methds-reagnts Subject: Re: Scintillation Counters Message-ID: Date: 29 May 90 19:51:31 GMT References: <900517.17571501.051186@ABERDEEN.CP6> <8aKSL=m00WB5EYwlEa@andrew.cmu.edu> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Organization: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Lines: 24 In-reply-to: jh5f+@andrew.cmu.edu's message of 23 May 90 01:22:19 GMT > The Data Transporter (buffer box) which we bought along with the spec, > on the other hand, has given us lots of problems -- largely because of It's interesting to hear your comments re. the Data Transporter. I did a great deal of LSC for my thesis using an LS1801, which I also found to be a quite functional and fairly reliable instrument. We avoided the Beckman transporter and software due to the cost, and instead I hacked together a program to capture the data on a dedicated PC. The data are separated on a per-user basis and can be converted to simple x,y sets or to text files which can be imported to 123 with all fields intact. This is how I did the CPM->DPM conversions (our model didn't do the calculation). I always figured we were penny-wise and pound-foolish, but given your experience, maybe not...