I got asked this, and while I would guess it does since an ISA bus device
would look a lot like a legacy serial port or similar device, I wanted to
ask if anyone has some more data.
Don Burn
Windows Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com
I believe support for ISA PNP was removed even before Win10.
But the real problem might be that Windows 10 may not be even supporting the platforms with ISA in them; not because they have ISA, but because they’re old.
Like pnp isa? AFAIK all isa devices are on the south bridge (ps2, serial, etc) and described by acpi. there no physical isa slots anymore. I think if you had a physical connector it would work, the inf is certainly still there to install the pnp isa driver.
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I got asked this, and while I would guess it does since an ISA bus device
would look a lot like a legacy serial port or similar device, I wanted to
ask if anyone has some more data.
Don Burn
Windows Driver Consulting
Website: https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.windrvr.com&data=04|01|Doron.Holan%40microsoft.com|aeba3e24bd2b42bf68aa08d590c18089|72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47|1|0|636574083118482975|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwifQ%3D%3D|-1&sdata=R6M%2FNzmP1DO326b6cDsP2Vn41fHXZQax%2BbTREJvJsWk%3D&reserved=0
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On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 9:00 AM, xxxxx@broadcom.com
wrote:
> I believe support for ISA PNP was removed even before Win10.
> But the real problem might be that Windows 10 may not be even supporting the platforms with ISA in them; not because they have ISA, but because they’re old.
>
There are low-end embedded (processor soldered on) x86_64 motherboards
with ISA slots, though I think they use PCIe to ISA bridge
controllers.
It’s also fairly easy to buy refurbished ISA boards.
Cheers,
R0b0t1
>there no physical isa slots anymore
There are, both in some process control spaces and in the military. You can even buy new systems with ISA bus slots: http:
And as Mr. R0b0t1 alluded to, ISA still lives in the embedded community:
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Most of what is soldered onto the main board, and was formerly on the “ISA Bus”, is now in fact the LPC (Low Pin Count) Bus. This is how legacy peripherals that are built onto main boards are typically attached today.
So, yes… I believe I looked into this for a client a year or so back, and determined that actual ISA bus peripherals do still work on Windows. Though I will admit to never having personally tried this on Windows 10.
Peter
OSR
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