1. A system for transporting samples to and operating a bank of analytical instruments at least some of which include an automatic injector for delivering a liquid sample from a vial into the instrument, comprising a conveyor including an inlet at a station and an outlet at selected ones of the autoinjectors, an autoloader at the station for holding sample vials and presenting a selected one of the vials to the conveyor inlet for delivery to a selected one of the autoinjectors and at least one computer communicating with at least some of the instruments and using information from the instrument as an input for controlling operation of the autoloader and conveyor.