National Instruments sells (or at one time, sold) GPIB adapters that will connect to any port on your PC, including USB, parallel, RS-232, the drain in your bathtub, you name it. They are definitely the way to go.
There are certain OS limitations; for instance, NT-based versions of Windows including 2K and XP don't support the ISA cards, so you'll have to use Win9x or Me with those if you want to use Windows. Most of the drivers are free at www.ni.com, but not all; I'm not sure, for instance, if the USB drivers are. Make sure you can get the drivers, and that they will work with your OS, before you buy. PCI-GPIB cards aren't really all that pricy -- I see several completed auctions that closed at less than $150. That's about what I paid for mine. -- john, KE5FX > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Alberto di Bene > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 3:46 PM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: [time-nuts] Re: Accuracy of a sound card > > > David Kirkby wrote: > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
