开云体育That’s not absolutely true. One can use a thunderbolt equipped laptop with an external PCIe cage and a PCIe to PCI adapter or a PCIe 488 card.
It is even possible to use a virtual machine with an older OS than the hardware supports and use PCIe passthrough of the PCIe to PCI bridge to expose the card behind it to the virtual machine.
Due to lack of many necessary parts to support parallel ports, running things like E-cal that requires a GPIB port and a parallel port is likely not really feasible on modern hardware.
Another interesting problem is that it is possible to have hardware too new to run an older OS and you can find things like video drivers simply don’t exist, or USB ports not seen which can lead to no keyboard/mouse. Some can be worked around,
some not.
I’ve fallen down that rabbit hole and had some wins, some losses and some I could pull off but would be hard pressed to replicate or help someone through.
Ultimately, some things that are possible aren’t economically viable or cost so much more than alternatives.
The higher cost and more limited options for a TB capable laptop plus all of the necessary adapters and extra hardware can easily add a few hundred dollars.
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Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2025 5:16:05 PM To: HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment@groups.io <HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment@groups.io> Cc: TekScopes@groups.io <TekScopes@groups.io>; HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment@groups.io <HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment@groups.io> Subject: Re: [HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment] I need a new/used lab computer ?
Looks like he needs a PCI slot for gpib card. Would have to go to USB to GPIB if he went w a laptop.
> On Mar 6, 2025, at 15:27, Harke Smits via <yrrah@...> wrote: > > ?Jim, > > > Do you have anyone in your environment with a not too old laptop? Get it for a box of cigars, install an SSD and Linux Mint. You're back in business! > > Best 73 de Harke > >> On 6-3-2025 21:24, Jim Ford via wrote: >> My garage lab computer went kaput recently, and I need to get another one to control my instruments via GPIB and USB.? I had a tower running Windows 7,? although it was originally my wife’s computer running (ick!) Windows Vista.? Sooooo slow!? Anyway, I don’t need anything fancy, just a PCI slot for the GPIB card, Ethernet jack for Internet connection, and at least 4 USB jacks (kbd, mouse, USB microscope, GPSDO).? Mini tower or thin client would be great.? Anybody have a PC they don’t need?? Thanks in advance. >> >> Jim Ford >> Laguna Hills, California, USA >> >> >> >> > > > > > |
