[Sneap] Using the Ortec 916A MCB card in a modern computer?

[Toader, Ovidiu]

Jim:  we had the same problem a year or so ago, and we fixed by
acquiring the "newest old" type computer that still had the ISA slots (a
2 GHz Dell PIV).  You could find those at your university CAEN
department upgrade shop or at a property disposition department (or come
to AA :-),you can get one for $150). You don't need a new computer.
  
You will however, need an upgrade version of your Maestro.  There is no
way out of it (32 bits).

Ovidiu
UM



>We have an aging but still good Ortec 916A MCB card which contains an
ADC >and some memory for use as a simple data acquisition system. It
works with >Ortec's Maestro software. The card is an long ISA card and
the computer >it's running in is quite old. We would like to keep using
the card, which >works well and is expensive to replace, in a modern
computer which, of >course, doesn't have the ISA bus.

There are some converter products on the market but we wondered if
anyone has had experience doing this. We have no other sure way to find
out if the card and software will work with a particular product. 

Jim Kaiser

James W. Kaiser
University of Notre Dame
Physics Department





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