[ILUG] [OT] USB under isa??

[Frank Duignan]

is rs232 a viable solution?


On 4/10/06, Declan Moriarty <junk_mail at iol.ie> wrote:
>
> Was this ever done?
>
> WHY?? Because I want to transfer data from a p233/64MB box in my
> workshop which runs from a machine with an industrial pc card (the
> whole motherboard on a large ISA card, sticking into an isa
> expansion slot). This thing runs m$ windows 98 fairly reliably,
> largely because they have a hack in win.ini. The line
>
> shell=explorer.exe   is commented out :-D.
>
> It looks like this
>
> ; shell=explorer.exe
> shell=pinpoint.exe
>
> Pinpoint.exe steers me into test software for electronics. A USB
> card for an isa bus would be the ideal. Second preference is
> setting up the nic I finally got to be seen in there. It's a crazy
> box (e.g. no xms, all ems required to work) but continually
> creates valuable data which I would like to be able to back up. It
> also creates data files under dos, and it is a convenient place to
> leave the scanner...
>
> If I have to go for plan B: (Set up the nic) what makes the least
> impact on a windoze 98 system? This is a very weird environment
> designed with '286 machines with loads of drivers in mind :-/.
>
> --
>
>         With best Regards,
>
>
>         Declan Moriarty.
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