[RLUG] found an old ISA USRobotics Sportster... but only have PCI slots?

[Wayne Root]

Hi Ana,  I happen to be "dial up bound" :-)  haven't had many problems 
with ISA modems as long as they were real hardware modems and Hayes 
compatable.(not winmodems). I am now using an external modem that works 
with anything with a serial port. (pretty much) You can get these all 
day long now for about $5.00 US. (at New-to-you computers and probably 
most used computer thrift stores) I picked up a Hayes 56K and a USR 56K 
the other day just for spares.
Any way, some day I hope to have high speed access that doesn't cost an 
arm and a leg.
L8ter....Wayne

PS: ISA to PCI......sounds like a lot of work......


Ana wrote:


> Hi.
>
> I found an ISA modem the other day.  This is the old style that appeared
> to the system as a simple serial port...  it even has jumpers for
> setting the IRQs.  haha.
>
> I'd like to plug this thing into some linux machine around the office
> catch stray incoming faxes.  Problem is, I think all the machines around
> here worth keeping powered up are PCI only.
>
> I did a very quick search for ISA/PCI bridge stuff, and this is all I've
> found so far:
>
> http://www.costronic.com/Ev71p.htm
>
> It looks interesting and fun...  but I haven't the time I need to "write
> a 'Device Program' by [myself]".  haha.  I'd hardly know where to begin.
>
> Anyway, have any of you dealt with somehow wedging an ISA device into a
> PCI slot?  I know I can work around this problem by buying an external
> device for something like $200, which is more than I want to spend.  Any
> device and/or war stories are welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Ana
>
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