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| 773187 | 2009-05-11 21:30:00 | Hi All We have a computer a here at work that is connected to a large cutting table that we use to cut out various things, problem is its 5 years old and starting to show its age, on friday the onbard NIC gave up the ghost so we couldnt access our company network and get our files and as the back pannel is full we couldnt stick a pci network card in there and had to go with a USB to Ethernet adapter which is less than ideal! My question is as this is a sign the thing is on it way out, does anyone know of a place in NZ that sells motherboards that suport the new range of dual core cpus and bus speeds but also has at least 2 ISA slots for the cutting tables controller boards and a parallel printer port for a software security dongle? I have found a couple of places in the states but if we can we would like to buy locally. Cheers kieran |
K1eran (14900) | ||
| 773188 | 2009-05-11 23:11:00 | You may have trouble getting a modern board with ISA, but maybe with PCI and get a PCI to ISA converter/riser although can be problematic from what I have read. You can use an older computer with an ISA slot to do whatever work requires the card and the new computer to do the processing of effects at high speed. All you need is network cards and a cable. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 773189 | 2009-05-11 23:40:00 | Yeah you may have a hard time finding anything new with ISA slots - even AGP is getting very hard to get. If These (www.imagef1.net.nz) are of any use - I have a couple - they are second hand, but come out of old HP 4404's. Not industrial though. I also have 2 others with single a ISA slot - both working - but once again, not Industrial. You may be better off if you have to have ISA slots to look at somepleace like grays computer auctions and see if they have any old servers with ISA. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 773190 | 2009-05-11 23:56:00 | Something like this is what you're after: www.commell.com.tw Though I don't think that specific model has a parallel port - check their other models here (www.commell.com.tw). But I'm not aware of any NZ suppliers, though I'm sure there's places who'll buy it for you but then they'll tack a margin on top and cost ya more heh. Tried a similar search about 18months ago for a friend's business needs and we ended up just buying from overseas. |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 773191 | 2009-05-12 02:46:00 | Google tells me Mastec sell new "industrial" iBase motherboards with ISA slots for legacy systems: http://www.mastec.co.nz/ www.mastec.co.nz Edit: or a complete computer P4 with ISA slots from the States: www.nixsys.com |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 773192 | 2009-05-12 10:45:00 | thanks for the replys guys I did find an american site that had a MB that suported dual core and quad core intel chips and had 2 isa slots but no parallel port :crying The machine is P4 based at the mo but we want more grunt as it is also used as one of our CAD boxes for drawing up the shapes for cutting, and now the company has upgraded to AutoCAD 2009 its starting to lack in the oomph department, if you get my drift. However it is not looking to good and we may have to stick with the P4 chip. :groan: kieran |
K1eran (14900) | ||
| 773193 | 2009-05-12 10:53:00 | Something like this is what you're after: www.commell.com.tw Though I don't think that specific model has a parallel port - check their other models here (www.commell.com.tw). But I'm not aware of any NZ suppliers, though I'm sure there's places who'll buy it for you but then they'll tack a margin on top and cost ya more heh. Tried a similar search about 18months ago for a friend's business needs and we ended up just buying from overseas. yeah i found that board on another site, the lack of parallel is a bummer..... i might contact the software company and ask if they have an alternative to the dongle kieran |
K1eran (14900) | ||
| 773194 | 2009-05-12 10:55:00 | You can use an older computer with an ISA slot to do whatever work requires the card and the new computer to do the processing of effects at high speed. All you need is network cards and a cable. could you elaborate on this method? sounds interesting:cool: |
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