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29-January-04, 04:52 PM
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| Apex Techie Wannabe  Join Date: Nov 2003
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 |  PCI to ISA adaptor I just salvaged an old ati-tv card out of a buddys old computer. I want to put it in my computer but its a old 16 bit ISA style. Anyone know of an adapter that i can plud into my PCI slot so i can slap this ISA card in there? |
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29-January-04, 05:00 PM
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there is no such adapter...2 different busses | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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29-January-04, 05:05 PM
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| Lokie's Personal WU-Hoe Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: WI
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| I will have to agree with Clown on this one, I am highly doubting there is an adapter for PCI to ISA; reason being that the buses[only one S by the way  ] are different and operate in different frequencies and voltages. To make such an adapter would be a huge engineering project, and I highly doubt someone would do such a thing when PCI is just about to be outdated. ISA is an outdated bus, as is PCI. |
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29-January-04, 05:07 PM
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| Mystical Schwinn Guru  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: West Melbourne, Fl-HOE-rida
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   | lol this is almost like Red02's AGP to PIII adapter idea  Does your mobo have any ISA slots on it? Nothing wrong with ISA, I still use the old Sound Blaster Vibra 16's and the 3Com ISA LAN's. Still supported in XP. |
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29-January-04, 05:12 PM
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| Apex Techie Wannabe Join Date: Nov 2003
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| Thats what I was figuring... Although I do know that the ISA is used only for power on this card. Anyone know how much power an ISA socket puts out? Just thinking i can solder wire onto the pins and find an alternate power source |
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29-January-04, 08:44 PM
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| PCApex's Mouthy Stepchild  Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Interia's Bed
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| ISA buses also have a different frequency they operate on as well as a different voltage. Also, in BIOS you need ISA support, so the system could find anything on the ISA bus, and the way of calls to the bus and so on, like they said, way to complicated, and theres a reason no one has created an adapter for it. Cheaper to just buy a new card thats PCI.
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29-January-04, 08:54 PM
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| Banned  Join Date: May 2003 Location: looking for love in the nearest gay bar
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  | Take advantage of a disabled person; sell them the ISA TV card with this sales punchline: "The smaller slot size is the latest in micro technology" Buy a PCI TV Tuner with the money. |
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03-September-05, 04:37 AM
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| Apex Techie Wannabe Join Date: Sep 2005
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|  Searched to this thread and thought this newbie might add this site: www.plxtech.com And onto " PCI - ISA adaptor" search on that site. The thing that may assist here is the PCI 9050 chip. As A Newbie, I get stuck at this point but thought the folk here might find this useful. |
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