Also, even if you were able to interface the ISA bus via USB, you still need software and drivers, which probably wouldn't be available on modern Linux embedded devices such as the Pi. I guess if you can tell us specifically which cards you are interested in using, we might be able to offer better advice. I probably wouldn't think it was worth the effort unless the board performed some specialized function (e.g. control some specialized piece of equipment). I can't imagine any world where it would be worth the headache for something commonplace like an Ethernet card, video card, etc. Devin On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 1:35 PM Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
time-wise, why not just get an IBM XT /clone and use that? I assume you already thought of this and don't have an XT lying around.... but what's the point if you don't have a system? Plus to really set up a USB solution you'd need an XT/AT system to confirm the USB solution works, at least for a while until you know for sure. b
On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 12:14 PM Jeffrey Jonas via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I have some 8, 16 bit ISA cards that I'd love to keep running. Are there any options such as ISA via USB? ISA on Raspberry Pi or Beaglebone?
-- jeff jonas