hmm, I may actually try this. I was thinking of setting up some various sensors to an old computer (temp, both air and computer, fan speeds, etc.)

luckily i have an old 400 mhz machine with two ISA slots!

I’ve been thinking about making a synth out of old isa soundboards. While the easiest way would just be to crank up one of the old ISA equipped mobos in the basement, where’s the fun in that?

I think that newer micros should be able to drive the ISA bus, it is pretty simple.

sweet, I’ve been wondering what to do with that old Pentium I 200 mhz computer sitting in the corner (its got 3 ISA slots on it).

my family pc, a windows 2k machine now, has an isa slot.

Soyo and Advantech built pentium 4 computers with ISA slots. There is an ISA bridge chip that they use to add it now that the chipsets don’t have the isa bridge built in any more.

The Soyo mobo is SY-P4I845PE/GVISA Plus

isa was the last true hobby bus. usb is getting there though. ftdi is offering usb modules you can add to your projects, with drivers for most any os. very easy to use.

i wonder if i could make myself an isa to usb converter with an external chassis..

I couldn’t find a contact email address, so Ill just put this here. I got a “clapper” for my birthday, the one that turns off your appliances if you clap twice. I was wondering if anyone has heard of any hacks for one of these things, I’m sure theres a lot of fun stuff you could do with it.

you can use the clapper to turn off the lights in your room

I don’t want to be the party breaker here, but you can also do PCI, albeit not remotely as easy as this:

http://elm-chan.org/works/pci/report_e.html

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