Re: PC to Mac?

Andy Riddell (ar3@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk)
Wed, 5 Feb 97 10:25:00 +0000

>Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 20:18:33 -0500
>From: Robin Barclay <100066.300@compuserve.com>
>Subject: PC to Mac?
>To: Cytometry Mailing List <cytometry@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu>
>Cc: Cytometry Mailing List <CYTOMETRY@flowcyt.cyto.purdue.edu>
>
>
>PC to MAC via ZIP.
>Yes - this is do-able - I have just done it the other way around. We are a
>PC based department, but our FACSort is linked to a MAC and we acquire (and
>analyse) under CellQuest. However, until we get another MAC we are jammed
>for data analysis - so I transfer to the PC via the ZIP drives linked to
>each (got to keep down the amount of data on the MAC hard disk), archive to
>network (PC) storage and analyse under WinMDI (results entirely comparable
>to CellQuest) as a backup analysis facility.
>However, I believe it is difficult to put files back on the MAC and have
>them recognised as a BD file readable by CellQuest. I'm sure somebody out
>there has some software which will do just this (make the files
>recognisable by CellQuest). If you track it down then let me know, please.
>Robin Barclay
>Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Edinburgh

HI Robin,
Regarding your problem of reading PC and HP transferred file on a MAC ther=
e is
a program called FACSAssistant (MAC) by Ray Hicks at the Department of medi=
cine
in Cambridge Which will do this. It is Shareware and he asks for a nominal =
fee
(=A315-20 I think) for books etc., but I recommend it. It is apple scriptab=
le and
he bundles an apple script that allows group drag and drop that automatical=
ly
converts your data.
Another alternative is BD's own software called FACS Convert. This softwar=
e
costs =A3412.00.

Rays Hichs web page is at:

http://facsmac.med.cam.ac.uk

If you need any more info please contact me.

Andy...

Andy Riddell

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=05=05=05 Andy Riddell

PNAC Division
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology,
Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 2QH
U.K.

tel: (01223) 402 218
fax: (01223) 412 178

e-mail: ar3@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk

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