Hello Gopal,
If I were you, I would grab a cheap PC (PII 400 Mhz or above, you can
buy a used one for around 150 bucks online) and try it first hand before
you decide which way to go (SGI or PC). Make sure the network card which
goes to the CCU is 10/100base, and the video card supports resolutions of
1024x768 or 1280x1024 at 256 colours (8bits).
The general procedure will be:
1) install OS (Win NT4, or Win 2K)
2) install MS visual C++ or other C++ compiler (to compile the pulse
program on the fly)
3) install X-server Exceed (for xwin-nmr)
4) install NFS server (diskless CCU)
5) Install NMR suite for windows
6) variuos configuration
See, do-it-by-yourself installation and configuration doesn't seems to be
too big a problem. I am happy with the SGI for now and I am going to try
linux platform later.
Cheers,
Huadong
UAB NMR Core Facility
Tel:205-934-5696
> gopal subramaniam wrote:
> Hi Bruker users,
> I believe some of you may have changed your existing SGI to PC based system.
> Going through Bruker seems to be very expensive. Other than transferring the
> license and upgrading a CCU board, there is a charge for the computer and
> some software which is prohibitively overpriced by $1,700.
> Their claim is that similar computer and sometimes different versions of the
> software does not work with xwinnmr.
> I feel $1,700 is a huge premium for a standard computer and software even if
> they have figured out the right combination of software & it is to be noted
> that their premium does not even include on-site installation!!
> I like to hear from those who have recently gone to PC based Bruker system.
> Please let me know if there are really big hurdles if we try to install the
> software and make it work with xwinnmr. Thank You.
> --
> Gopal Subramaniam,
> NMR Manager, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
> Queens College, Flushing, NY 11367
> Tel.: (718)997-4123 Fax: (718)997-5531
> eMail: subram_at_qc.edu
>
Received on Fri May 17 2002 - 18:37:42 MST