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From: besst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Brian E. Schwadron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Nice machine
Summary: Yes, it is a nice system.
Message-ID: <100847@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 8 Mar 91 00:05:06 GMT
References: <1991Mar05.201755.17698@chinet.chi.il.us>
Organization: University of Pittsburgh
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In article <1991Mar05.201755.17698@chinet.chi.il.us> saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs) writes:
>I was just at the Pittsburgh Conference (an analytical chemistry meeting), and
>saw a gas chromatography/mass spectrometry workstation based on an Amiga 3000
>with a 50 MHz 68030 accelerator board.  WOW.  Sorry, I forget the company name.
>One interesting thing, though, is that the names Commodore and Amiga aren't
>visible on the outside of the box.

     This is the LabData 200 and 300, by Laboratory Data Systems, Inc, a
company based here in Pittsburgh.  They have made A2000-based data systems for
several years (I remember first seeing it at the New Orleans PittCON in 1988).
The 300 is simply a A3000 based system.
     I remember asking them why they chose the Amiga, and they said, "it was
the only system that had the capabilities that they needed," or words to that
effect.  They said that they were considering offering it on a Sun as well, 
but apparantly that hasn't panned out.
     From a chemistry point of view, it is a VERY nice system, capable of 
data acquisition from several different instruments at once -- my previous 
employer considered buying one, but it lacked GC/MS control capabilities.
     Standard disclaimers:  I don't work for LDS (but I wish I did) or make any
money off of this.  If anyone is interested in their phone# and address, mail
me or look at one of their ads (Feb 91 LC*GC, for example).