Don't bother to buy an isa card. It is a major problem to deal with and there are alternatives, such as usb. I've been trying to save a machine that uses an Isa card, and there really aren't any good motherboards at this time that have the slots. There's a P4 Soyo that has ISA, but it isn't worth your time and is very expensive. The computers that have ISA slots are pretty much getting to the end of their useful life. They're dying like flys in my labs at work. And ISA is a real resouce hog that slows down your entire system.
Data acquisition will probably move very quickly to PCI express, so USB may be your best bet at this time for new hardware. |