Re: Fwd: GPIB

Thanks for the advice Aidan,
I assumed that the omnipro2 only used a CGA/EGA graphics mode as it is DOS
only and pretty out of date but it can handle most proms,pals and gals so I
can wait until a decent USB programmer turns up at the right price.
I looked into the NI cards and although I have another spare ISA slot on the
P3 it has 3 PCI so I may just buy one of them.
Thanks again.
Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Aidan Grey" <apgrey@odyssey.on.ca>
To: <techtoolslist@flippers.com>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 5:07 AM
Subject: [Techtoolslist] Fwd: GPIB

> Hello all,
> I have a few questions relating to PC interface cards:
> 1> I have an old dataman omnipro2 programmer which uses a custom ISA card.
> Has anyone run something like this on a P3 motherboard running at 1Ghz?
> - I am currently running it on a 486DX2-66 but it ill only run when I set
> the BIOS to run in CGA/EGA graphics mode.
> 2>I was wondering if anybody has any advice when looking for a suitable
> GPIB controller for this same PC. I intend to use it with my HP54120 18Ghz
> scope via Agilent VEE. I have never used VEE and never used GPIB.
>
> Many thanks
> Steve
>
>
> Steve:
>
> There is a lot of information on GPIB on the National Instruments Web
> site at
> www.ni.com. There is also a GPIB news forum there, with many GPIB experts
> offering their advise.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have the URL for that forum, but it is echoed on a
> newsgroup. You might search your news provider for any newsgroup
> containing
> "gpib".
>
> I would suggest buying an NI ISA GPIB controller for your machine rather
> than
> an HP one. They are offered regularly on EBay. The software support for
> NI cards seems a little better than for HP right now.
>
> I assume that the PC in question has only ISA slots. If not, there are
> other
> options.
>
> The problem with you omnipro2 card sounds a little odd. Is it possible
> that
> it is memory mapped, and interferes with the VGA memory regions? Or, is
> it
> using IRQ 9 and causing an IRQ conflict with VGA?
>
>
> Aidan Grey
>
>
>
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