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Caveat Emptor: What to Know Before Trying to Beat a Consumer System into a Scientific Instrument
January/February 2004 (vol. 6 no. 1)
pp. 5-11
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| Joseph DiDio III, Norman Chonacky, "Caveat Emptor: What to Know Before Trying to Beat a Consumer System into a Scientific Instrument," Computing in Science and Engineering, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 5-11, January/February, 2004. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/MCISE.2004.1255814, author = {Joseph DiDio III and Norman Chonacky}, title = {Caveat Emptor: What to Know Before Trying to Beat a Consumer System into a Scientific Instrument}, journal ={Computing in Science and Engineering}, volume = {6}, number = {1}, issn = {1521-9615}, year = {2004}, pages = {5-11}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MCISE.2004.1255814}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - MGZN JO - Computing in Science and Engineering TI - Caveat Emptor: What to Know Before Trying to Beat a Consumer System into a Scientific Instrument IS - 1 SN - 1521-9615 SP5 EP11 EPD - 5-11 A1 - Joseph DiDio III, A1 - Norman Chonacky, PY - 2004 VL - 6 JA - Computing in Science and Engineering ER - | |||
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Joseph DiDio III, Norman Chonacky, "Caveat Emptor: What to Know Before Trying to Beat a Consumer System into a Scientific Instrument," Computing in Science and Engineering, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 5-11, Jan.-Feb. 2004, doi:10.1109/MCISE.2004.1255814
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