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We're looking to upgrade our Chemstation software to a version 6. We have been seeing here and there some software packages for chemstation that are being sold on auctions for Chemstation software but with a license for a different version of chemstation being offered. Every time we see them we see differing licenses. What possible combinations of licenses and software packages could you conceivably mix together and get them to work? Would the following be license/software combinations be compatible?

This auction includes the following...

1) Unopened S/W Certificate for 2D LC Chemstation (G2170AA Rev A.06.01) License# BL........

2) Unopened S/W Certificate for Spectral Module (G2180AA Rev A.06.01) License# BN........

3) HP Chemstation for GC, LC, LC/MSD, CE, UV-VIS and A/D Systems Installation CD RevA.06.03

4) Agilent Technologies Upgrade Chemstation CD Rev A.08.03

5) Agilent Technologies Upgrade Chemstation CD Rev A.10.02

6) Agilent Technologies Chemstation Plus User Documentation CD

7) Declaration of System Validation and License Agreement Cards

This software is being SOLD AS IS. No warranties, refunds, or exchanges. All CD's are in excellent condition and scratch free. Please email questions and good luck bidding (with confidence of course)!!

also, why do people generally sell different versions of software/licenses? do people traditionally keep their licenses and ditch their software? could we get an updated version for under $1,000?

Thanks

Agilent's web site lists which version of software is compatible with which version of Windows you have. Older computers like 486 and Pentium 1 use the 82335 HPIB/GPIB board while Pentium 2 through 4 use 82341 or 82350 GPIB. As to very-new computers, I don't know if those can take those newer GPIB; Agilent uses LAN interfaces these days. So it's not as straightforward as you think. We were given Y2K software A.06.03 free by Agilent in Dec. 1999, and still run a few of those on Windows 95. Your license number remains the same when you update your software to a newer revision. A license number for G2170AA won't help you if you want to use on a GC - you'll need a GC license number. If you use A.06, you likely need Win95 or Win NT 4.0; I think we run one unit with A.06 on Win2000, and the only issue is we get an error box to click on when we open "online instrument" or "offline instrument". You say you want to upgrade to version A.06; if your instrument is already computerized, it should already have a license number, pasted on its side, or you can write down after finding it in the software. So, if you have that, and the same computer is already Win95, all you would need would be the A.06 CD. And if you attempt to go up "too" high, you might also face firmware issues. May I ask what reason you want to upgrade to A.06, and from what version?