GPIB, DOS, and PCI slots

[Dirk van den Heuvel]

Hi all,
I support a mature product line that uses the ISA-style low cost GPIB board
from National. My product's software is written using Borland C++ V4.5 for
a DOS 6.22 platform and the national instrument gpib calls are integrated
into the software (ibwrta, ibrd, etc). With new models of PCs, ISA slots
are becomming less frequent. Does anyone know how to make a PCI-style GPIB
card work with DOS and the old function calls?"

[Kim L]

Hello,
You cannot use the PCI-GPIB board in the DOS operating system. You can however, you can use DOS programs through the Windows DOS prompt if you enable DOS support for the NI-488.2 driver.

http://ae.natinst.com/operations/ae/public.nsf/fca7838c4500dc10862567a100753500/862567530005f09c862564ab0001b88c?OpenDocument

http://ae.natinst.com/operations/ae/public.nsf/fca7838c4500dc10862567a100753500/91ab25378a265bd786256a3a00760f66?OpenDocument

For more information on this subject, you can go to www.ni.com/support and search for +gpib +pci +dos.

Have a good day.
Kim L.
Applications Engineer
National Instruments