[Techtoolslist] Fwd: GPIB

[Ness and Steve]

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only and pretty out of date but it can handle most proms,pals and gals so I 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 at odyssey.on.ca>
To: <techtoolslist at 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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