[ RadSafe ] Assistance w/ LSC upgrade

[Jim Hardeman]

Colleagues --
 
Got an interesting issue for you. We currently have in our Mobile
Radiation Laboratory (MRL) a circa 1993 Packard (aka Perkin-Elmer)
TR2500A/B liquid scintillation counter (LSC) running under DOS 4.X.
We're in the process of trying to upgrade our MRL to a networked
Windows-based system. It is my understanding that Perkin-Elmer used to
offer a hardware / software upgrade that would bring this detector up to
near current specs -- including running on Windows XP. Our local service
tech, however, is telling us that this was a limited-time promotion that
is no longer available -- and that our only option is to buy a new LSC
-- which we don't have the funds to do.
 
Does anybody have a suggestion as to how we might proceed? Are there
any third-party system integrators who might be able to help us out
here?
 
Thanks in advance for your help!
 
Jim Hardeman, Manager
Environmental Radiation Program
Environmental Protection Division
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
4220 International Parkway, Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30354
(404) 362-2675
Fax: (404) 362-2653
Personal fax: (678) 692-6939
E-mail: Jim_Hardeman at dnr.state.ga.us