Thanks to Alan and all others who responded. You have convinced me that it would be better to go with a modern interface, which means that the Kansas City Tracker is available for sale to anyone who has an old computer and can make use of it. I have the board and the cable. Email me at billdz.geo@yahoo.com.
73, Bill
--- On Wed, 1/19/11, Alan P. Biddle APBIDDLE@UNITED.NET wrote:
From: Alan P. Biddle APBIDDLE@UNITED.NET Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Kansas City Tracker with a modern computer? To: "'Bill Dzurilla'" billdz.geo@yahoo.com, amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 7:39 AM Bill,
Great card in its day, though it did have a VERY loud signal on the low end of two meters. I could hear mine half a mile away. It was a DOS-era card, and you will probably find conflicts with modern versions of Windows. For about the $150 for an ISA-to-USB card, you can get a modern, supported interface.
73s,
Alan WA4SCA
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Bill Dzurilla Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 12:03 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Kansas City Tracker with a modern computer?
Hi,
I picked up an old Kansas City Tracker, circa 1990, and was wondering if there is any way to use it with a modern computer. It is designed to plug into the ISA slot of a PC. I don't know much about computers, but my understanding is not modern computers no longer have ISA slots. Could it be adapted to plug into a USB port or something that a modern computer has?
73, Bill NZ5N
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