ISA slot on new Mobo

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I still have a couple of devices needing an ISA slot (specifically a USR voice modem and/or a SCSI scanner) and I am not ready to dump them yet. Can someone recommend an Mobo which has 1 ISA, but which is also fairly uptodate and can handle ATA100 (I am thinking of buying an IBM Deskstar HD). I have always been an Intel guy but I can't find an 815 CS Mobo with an ISA, so maybe I have to look to AMD and/or VIA, which I know nothing about. I am more of a business user (Word and big Lotus123) than a gamer. Please help. Thanks.
 

uncoando

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Go with a ninth generation BX board. Aopen makes one w/ 3 ISA slots. BX still scorches i815.

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Crashman

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The Asus CUBX-E and the Abit BP6 both use the BX chipset, have UDMA 100 controllers, support up to 8 IDE devices, and are availble with 2 ISA slots. Some venders are selling these with only 1 ISA slot, so make sure you get two. The BP6 also offers Dual processor slots if you ever find the need for them. But I think I would just ditch the ISA devices and go with the venerable CUSL2-C. The best SCSI cards have all been PCI for quite some time now, and good PCI modems are cheap.
 

rcf84

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well the abit bp6 does have 2 isa slots. you have to get a neo s370 adapter to use a P3.
http://www.powerleap.com
http://www.abit-usa.com/english/product/motherboards/bp6.htm

the Abit kt7-raid has 1 isa but its a AMD Athlon board.

http://www.abit-usa.com/english/product/motherboards/kt7-raid.htm

well i have both boards for my 2 systems.

athlon 900
abit kt7-raid
256mb pc133 cl2
20gb 7200rpm ata66
Diamond Viper 2
- Internet Surfer - For work

celeron 533 @ 600 2.2v
abit bp6 - 440bx
256mb pc100 cl2
15gb 5400rpm ata66
Ati radeon 32mb DDR 175 / 175
sound blaster mp3+
-my over tweaked system - believe it or not it's faster

ABIT BP6 + ATI RADEON 32MB DDR RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!