Typically, a computer commonly used to transform signals from the detection device into reaction rates will be a PC???-compatible computer (e.g., having a central processing unit (CPU) compatible with x86 CPUs, and running an operating system such as DOS???, OS/2 Warp???, WINDOWS/NT???, or WINDOWS 95???), a Macintosh??? (running MacOS???), or a UNIX workstation (e.g., a SUN??? workstation running