ISA SCSI card

[peter]

Hi,

My motherboard had an ISA slot. I had one of those old SCSI 1505AHA SCSI
cards (25 pin). I used plug my AGFA 1236 scanner this card. However, my
motherboard broke down and now there are no motherboards available that have
an ISA slot.

That means that my AGFA 1236 Scanner is useless now. Is there anything I
can do with it?

Thanks.

Peter

 

[John M]

Hi,

My motherboard had an ISA slot. I had one of those old SCSI 1505AHA SCSI
cards (25 pin). I used plug my AGFA 1236 scanner this card. However, my
motherboard broke down and now there are no motherboards available that have
an ISA slot.

That means that my AGFA 1236 Scanner is useless now. Is there anything I
can do with it?

Thanks.

Peter

You could probably get a PCI SCSI card (and use some sort of cable adapter
if it has the wrong number of pins), but to be honest, you're probably
better off upgrading to a more current scanner that supports USB 2.0.
Scanners have come a long way over the past 5 years. Otherwise, if you are
in love with your old setup, you could always buy an old used motherboard
with ISA on eBay for practically nothing.

 

[Robert B. Clark]

My motherboard had an ISA slot. I had one of those old SCSI 1505AHA SCSI
cards (25 pin). I used plug my AGFA 1236 scanner this card. However, my
motherboard broke down and now there are no motherboards available that have
an ISA slot.

That means that my AGFA 1236 Scanner is useless now. Is there anything I
can do with it?

Give it away or sell it, then buy a new scanner.

OR, you can look a little harder for ISA motherboards. I built a new P4
system around a Soyo SY-P4I845PEISA system last August. My client needed a
new PC for laboratory automation, and was wedded to the ISA data
acquisition card. Going to a PCI form factor was not an option.

Do a PriceWatch search on "SY-P4I 845PE" to find vendors.

Another possibility, if you don't mind used/older equipment, is to hit eBay
for a replacement motherboard.

If it were me, I'd just bite the bullet and replace the scanner and
motherboard. There are some nice scanners available for less than you paid
for the old one.

 

[the fly]

Hi,

My motherboard had an ISA slot. I had one of those old SCSI 1505AHA SCSI
cards (25 pin). I used plug my AGFA 1236 scanner this card. However, my
motherboard broke down and now there are no motherboards available that have
an ISA slot.

That means that my AGFA 1236 Scanner is useless now. Is there anything I
can do with it?

Thanks.

Peter

Go buy an inexpensive PCI SCSI adaptor. You should be able to
get one for ~$20. Make certain that you can adapt its connector to
the connector on the scanner, using a different cable and/or adaptor
plug.
I'm still using an HP 4c SCSI scanner that way.

 

[Lew Dove]

Hi,

My motherboard had an ISA slot. I had one of those old SCSI 1505AHA SCSI
cards (25 pin). I used plug my AGFA 1236 scanner this card. However, my
motherboard broke down and now there are no motherboards available that have
an ISA slot.

That means that my AGFA 1236 Scanner is useless now. Is there anything I
can do with it?

Thanks.

Peter

I did something similar. I have an AHA 1520A which I used with an old 8
-bit grayscale IX3010 Canon scanner. I am using a TR5510 motherboard
which gives me 4 PCI and 3 ISA slots. It is a slow board at 133MHz, but
I put up with it because I can use all my old ISA boards plus some PCIs
and it works just fine. I can only go up to Win95, but that is all
right for my purposes. I use QuickCad and a digitizing tablet with it.
The SCSI adapter works just fine with the scanner but I had to update
the driver. If you haven't done it already, check the website for your
scanner to make sure you have the proper one. Prices for SCSI hard
drives in the below 10 Gig range have really come down, so I bought a
PCI Western Digital SCSI adapter card and a 2 Gig SCSI drive on eBay.
Now I don't use any EIDE hard drives at all. My CD-Rom and Hard drives
are all SCSI, and I am very satisfied with the result.
Lew