> Hello everyone,
> Does anyone know how to get instrument settings from a datafile
> collected with Cellquest on the Macintosh? It was possible with the HP
> system and both should be FCS2 standard, shouldn't they?
Here is an excerpt from the on-line help of my free program MFI:
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CYTOMETER/SOFTWARE FILES TESTED
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FACStation 1.0 'CellQuest' MacIntosh System Software 7.1.0 (FACScan) ***
[...]
*** The FACStation 1.0/MacIntosh files tested do not include instrument
gains, PMV's, threshold, or compensation. Becton-Dickinson promises to
rectify this serious deficiency in a future upgrade. This deficiency
precludes MFI from detecting inadvertant changes in instrument settings.
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The above statement is based on my September, 1994 correspondence with
Michael Cosgrove, B-D's project manager for CELLQuest. I have CC'd this
message to Mr. Cosgrove -- perhaps he can let us know when the upgrade can
be expected?
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