Looking for KT266a board with an ISA slot

[birddog]

Getting time to upgrade the old mans computer again. His favorite scanner uses a propriarity ISA SCSI card (I have tried different PCI SCSI cards with it & it will not work with them). Therefore I need a board with an ISA slot. All the new boards seem to come with these worthless CNR, ARM slots, but no longer carry usefull ISA slots. I cannot find any KT266a boards out there with an ISA slot. There are a bunch of KT133a boards with them, but I want to go DDR. If anyone knows of one, please let me know.

 

[goog]

Sorry to say there aren't any. Not so sorry to say ISA is dead.
I've got the same problem, an old ISA SCSI scanner adapter card. I'll just keep it hooked to the older comp (KT7-RAID) long as I can though.

 

[hoihtah]

wow... isa. it's probably better idea to upgrade his scanner.

what kinda scanner are you dealing with?
i remember my old but still awesome umax powerlookII was a scsi scanner.

 

[MoFunk]

My parents have an old HP SCSI scanner that they had the same issue with. When we were upgrading his stuff we learned the hard way about the PCI cards not working right. He always has issues. I keep telling him to get a new scanner, but he wont!

 

[goog]

<< wow... isa. it's probably better idea to upgrade his scanner.

what kinda scanner are you dealing with?
i remember my old but still awesome umax powerlookII was a scsi scanner. >>



Don't know about Birddog, but I've got a Umax Astra 1220S, that puppy wasn't cheap when I got it and it's still like knew, the last thing I need is a new scanner. I can continue to use it beacause my family tends to end up with my older rigs, just not very convenient.

 

[birddog]

I cannot remember what brand of scanner it is, I know he paid over $500 for it 5 or 6 years ago. He does alot of publishing & newsletter stuff & knows it inside & out. He is in his 70's now & does not want to learn how to use a new one. He bought a new USB one a few years ago & hated it (he gave it to me. I do not like the interface on it either. His SCSI one is so user friendly & has many more options than the newer scanners have). I built his last computer a couple years ago on a Abit VT6X4 because it has 2 ISA slots (one for his soundblaster AWE 64 also). At the time most boards still had 1 ISA slot & Abit was nice enough to put 2 on theirs. Time to move him above a PIII. I plan on visiting him in March. I'd like to build him a new system when I do for his B-Day in April. If I have to I'll go with a Abit or MSI KT133a board since they were still thoughtful enough to put the ISA slot on those rather than puting on one of those worthless new slots that have no cards that use them. I can replace the AWE 64, but still need one for that SCSI card.

As far as comments people have made about ISA being dead, It is still alot more usefull than these P.O.S. slots that are being put on boards now. I have never seen anything use these new little things ARM, CNR & whatever else they are called. Meanwhile there are plenty of quality ISA cards out yet. I still have a rockwell hardware ISA modem in my computer. WIthout cable or DLS availible where I live, I needed a good hardware based modem.

The only other possibility is if someone makes some sort of USB (or 1394, PCI, etc..) to ISA adaptor allowing you to plug the ISA card into the adaptor & hooking it up to another type of interface.

 

[goog]

USB to ISA card for $119US

That's all I could find, can be done, but's it's awfully expensive.

 

[birddog]

Thanks Goog, at least there is something out there that can do it. Maybe someone else makes one like it for a more reasonible price. I'll keep looking.

 

[cavemanmoron]

yeah i have some isa ethernet cards,i cant use waaah

 

[spie34]

does it have to be the kt266a chipset? why not go with the kt133a chipset or something like that. I know my iwill board has one isa slot. i have it so I can use my modem still if need be which more than likely is gonna happen cuz I am having my friend do my taxes and her computer is broken.

 

[birddog]

It looks like I may have to go with a KT133a board. I know both the MSI & Abit boards have an ISA slot. According to Spie34, the Iwill board does also. I'd perfer a DDR solution if possible.

 

[eplebnista]

Here is a link to an Adaptec USB/SCSI converter for ~$62+S&H from PCStop(resellerratings.com link).

hth,
eplebnista

 

[Peter]

I have yet to see an old SCSI scanner that won't work on new PCI SCSI cards ... the one thing that's very frequently
overlooked is SCSI bus termination. Those old and slow ISA SCSI cards don't care, the new ones certainly do - and
since most of these old scanners neither have means of terminating the bus nor mention it in the manual, most people
fail here.

These scanners usually have two SCSI connectors. Use the better one for the host connection (prefer 50-pin high density
plug over 50-pin legacy SCSI plug over 25-pin el-cheapo plug), and put an active type termination plug onto the other one.

I've had success with old Umax, HP, Epson and Mustek scanners once I figured this out. Using Tekram 315U or (preferrably)
LSI 20860 for that.

regards, Peter

(btw: Newer chipsets simply don't provide an ISA bus anymore. AMR/CNR stuff actually does exist - it's big in the OEM build
market, and ECS/PC-Chips offer cards for retail and even ship them for free with some of their board models. Having used
plenty of these, I must say that these $9 or $0 AMR modems are far from useless ...)