[time-nuts] An open-source software to automate test equipment - Instrument Control (iC)

gary lists at lazygranch.com
Tue Jul 12 21:39:37 UTC 2011


Once a mobo fails, good luck keeping it alive. The Chinese cap failure 
might only cover a few years of design, but who knows. I have two dead 
socket 939 boards due to blown capacitors. I've been using the pieces to 
upgrade working socket 939 boards.

I've managed to run 16bit dos code in dosbox.


On 7/12/2011 2:20 PM, Jose Camara wrote:
> 	Not only PCI is becoming extinct, but GPIB is also fading off as
> newer equipment interfaces via USB or Ethernet directly.
>
> 	Still, legacy equipment with another 40 yrs of service in our
> garages will keep those DOS computers, PCI, GPIB, RS-232 alive...



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