HP diode array spectrometer 1

[ishalash]

Hi
I have in my chemistry lab an old diode array spectrometer from HP model 8453.
The instrument was run by windows 95
this windows 95 is now obsolete and I can't find a PC using this windows version anymore.
How can I make this instrument to run on new windows versions?

 

[GregLocock]

1)Talk to Agilent.

http://www.chem.agilent.com/en-US/p...V-Vis-ChemStation-Software/Pages/default.aspx

may well be able to drive it
2) figure out if it uses HPIB if so read the manual and buy or write your own interface (easy)
3)pay someone to develop new drivers

Cheers

Greg Locock


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[VEBill]

Some versions of Windows have Comptibility Mode settings, where you can try changing settings to make programs designed for an older version of Windows run under a newer version.

It's been years since I've used it, but it worked very well back around 2001-2002 for moving old cheap Windows 95/98/ME programs under XP. My success rate was nearly 100%.

It's not likely to work for drivers.

You might have to settle for XP, not Windows 8.

 

[Comcokid]

Go to eBay. Search "Laptop Windows 95". You will find plenty of working computers, with the accessories, with windows 95 installed cheaper than a lunch for four people at McDonalds.

 

[ishalash]

Hi
The HP 8453 diode array spectrometer, which I wrote about earlier, is attached to PC by interface board (GPIB)
This board is fixed on a slot of the type ISA+ which was found in older versions of PC's like Pentium 2 and 3
now I can't find such PC's even in garbage.
can I fix the GPIB board in an external interface box with a USB connection?

 

[IRstuff]

No, but you can buy external GPIB-USB interfaces:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-In-Box-...185?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20ec6a8099

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