Re: [Phys-L] Help!
Bernard,
You could probably reformat the file with MS Word or Excel for that matter,
using file-wide search and replace.
Dan M
Dan MacIsaac, PhD. he/him <macisadl@buffalostate.edu>
AAPT Fellow; Professor and Chair, Dept of Physics
State Univ of NY (SUNY) Buffalo State Univ. SAMC278 / 162A
1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY 14222 USA 1-716-878-3802
<https://physics.buffalostate.edu/>

Just because I sometimes send emails at odd hours outside of rational work time
does not mean I expect you to do so as well.
> On Dec 22, 2023, at 14:17, bernard cleyet via Phys-l <phys-l@mail.phys-l.org>
> wrote:
>
> People!
>
> After much effort, I finally was able to download the data from my MCA using
> its RS232. [Canberra series 35+ Termite is the terminal ]
>
> Unfortunately, it is in a form that my graphing app. can’t use. So, I need
> a small program that will convert it. Preferably C++ as it’s what I’m most
> familiar with. It wouldn’t hurt if I must learn Python.
>
>
> What Kaleidagraph expects is two columns, one that is the channel number and
> the other the number of counts. (in each channel)
>
> An example of the outputted form is here:
>
>
> http://cleyet.org/35+/
>
>
> bc … too old and with little time to do it on his own. (and too many
> marbles lost [1])
>
> p.s. Termite is in a ThinkPad (Lenovo). I transfer the data to my Mac2 air
> (wherein is kaleidagraph) using an external (USB) memory. My other MCA is
> a(n) UCS-30 (Spectrum Techniques; computer controlled) which “looks” at the
> data directly as a graph or CSV, ready for use.
>
>
> [1] At some point I’ll give an account of its effect.
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