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Clayton wrote:
Just an example for the real need: We have a good old 10+ years old infrared spectrometer shipped with an original Dell computer that runs Win95 ver.2 (the one that shows "with Internet Explorer" on the boot screen). The compuer begins to die, but we cannot change it to a less old one: the spectrometer control software does not start even on win98. Not speaking of the control card: you simply won't find the appropriate slot it needs on a less antique motherboard. The manufacturer's policy is clear: if you lose your button, buy a new coat.
Albert
Btw we were not even able to change the CD and floppy drives 'cause they operate with proprietary Dell drivers
Ouch! A perfect bad example of the negative aspects of vendor lock-in. In this case though, running in VMWare or VBox is irrelevant since the spectrometer has special interface hardware.
It might work - it's probably just an ISA card, so probably just port IO. There are manufacturers out there who build motherboards with ISA slots for industrial control etc. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (8.9°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org