Though I think this thread may be wrapping up. I have run into many of the same issues. The old isa cards are cheap at hamfests $5 most folks have no clue any longer as to what they are. I have never actually seen a pci card at a swap.
So at the moment I have both an isa card and NI network box in a mother board running Win 98. All of it kind of nuts and messy. Also picked up a circa 2002 NI lab. To be honest until now I really did not have a real use for it. ?????? I don't suppose timelab would run on win 98?? Anyhow many of these things have no drivers or support for more modern OS's. I do fortunately have numbers of rs232 to gpib boxes and actually want to try that on the 5370 with time lab. So as far as getting the prologix I suspect thats a wise approach actually. If your goal is to simply "Get it done". Regards Paul. On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Azelio Boriani <azelio.bori...@screen.it>wrote: > Yes, I recommend switching to a networked GPIB interface. I have long > waited to acquire a used E5810A and at last I succeeded. Of course it > was not so cheap (380$) but very versatile to use. At work I use an > Agilent 82357B, highly recommended. Frequently pops up on eBay, not > cheap but you can find the IOAgilentSuite (free) library (to write in > MicrosoftC/BorlandC your code) directly on the Agilent website. > > On 10/10/11, Paul A. Cianciolo <pa...@snet.net> wrote: > > Folks, > > > > Thank you for all the suggestions on the GPIB interface. > > > > I have decided to go with the Prologix USB/GPIB interface, for all the > > reasons mentioned. > > > > I have 3 types of card busses here, but all the computers have usb. > > Many of the folks here already have Prologix interfaces. > > Later I can sell this device or keep it and move up to a networked Gpib > > interface, for remote access with my wireless laptop. > > > > > > Thank you everyone for all the suggestions > > There is always help to had here and I appreciate being able to ask > > questions > > > > Thank you again, > > > > > > Paul A. Cianciolo > > W1VLF > > http://www.rescueelectronics.com/ > > > > "Time is relative" Abert Einstien circa 1950 > > "Relatives use up all my time" Lisa Cianciolo circa 1983 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.