Declan Moriarty wrote:
>Recently, Somebody Somewhere wrote these words
>>>>>>Was this ever done?
>>>>>>>>>>>I doubt it. ISA wasn't really fast enough, if memory serves.
>>>That's why you didn't see 100Mbps ISA ethernet cards, either.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Well 16 bit ISA was fast enough for all but USB 2.0 hi speed
>>as can be seen here: http://www.pixelbeat.org/speeds.html>>Though time scale wise they don't overlap.
>>>>I don't understand what Declan wants to do really.
>>>>>Declan here. Thanks for your interest.
>>Ok I understand now. If you read back your first paragraph
with redundant info you may see the reason for my confusion.
Anyway, USB and windows 98 will be a bit painful from
a software point of view, never mind the hardware.
How about using technology more aligned with the era of the PC.
Perhaps you could install an external IDE hard disk?
http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=isa+ide+controller+external
show the following which may be of interest (note it's 8 bit):
http://www.jdr.com/PDF/mct-ide8.PDF
Why don't you want to use serial to your PC by the way?
Parallel (up to 1.5 MB/s) is also an option.
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