[BioC] convert .DAT to .CEL

[James W. MacDonald]

Ana Sofia Figueiredo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to convert .DAT files to .CEL files. Reading the 
> bioconductor mailing list, I see that by 2005 there were no known 
> functions for this. Does anyone know if this is possible now?

Not using BioC packages. You will need to use either MAS5 or GCOS or 
Command Console. If you don't have any of the above, I think you can get 
GCOS for free, but you probably have to email somebody at Affy to get a 
link (you also need your DAT files to be in a CAB file to import into 
GCOS, which is a chicken-egg problem because they have to be in GCOS to 
make a CAB file in the first place, and if they are in GCOS, why don't 
you already have celfiles?). Command Console is in beta testing and can 
be downloaded for free:

http://www.affymetrix.com/products/software/specific/command_console_download.affx

HTH,

Jim


> 
> TIA
> Sofia
> 
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