Date: Sat, 6 Nov 93 16:21:00 CST
Subject: Cameca software bugs/complaints; AGU mtg
From: johnf@geology.wisc.edu
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From: johnf@ice
Subject: Cameca software bugs/complaints; AGU mtg

I have a couple of things to raise at the moment;
1) Cameca is apparently in the final stages of revising SX50 software,
including a new version of Quantiview. I have received a test version and
found some continuing bugs (eg in Quantiview - Calibrate, going to the
wrong standard -same name, wrong block and position); something they've
known about for a long time. For everyone out there who's complained and/or
put up with problems in the software, it may not be too late to have
something done. I urge you to send a fax TODAY to Claude Conty, Cameca
(fax: 33 1 43 33 62 11) with your complaints and suggestions, and send a
copy (email or snail mail) to me. We aren't very organized (yet) but if
Cameca gets more than a couple of complaints we might have a chance.
2) Is anyone else out there going to the AGU meeting in San Francisco in
early December? If there are and if there is interest, maybe we can sit
down together and talk about some of the things we should be trying to do
as a users group. Let me know.

John Fournelle
Electron Microprobe Lab Internet:johnf@geology.wisc.edu
Dept of Geology & Geophysics Telephone: (608) 262-7964
University of Wisconsin Fax: (608) 262-0693
1215 West Dayton Street Amateur radio: WA3BTA/9
Madison, WI 53706 (14.030, 21.030 mHz)