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Interface card not active errors normally come from addressing issues. You have to manually set the address on the SmartCard. Also, if you are trying to use a PCI interface card in the computer you are going to have issues.
The last rev of software that worked well was A.02. You can run it under Windows 98SE or under Win 2000, but only with the SmartCard II. If you have the SmartCard I you are stuck running Windows 3.1, and I don't even know where you'd get a rev of software that would work.
You need to have an ISA interface card; for whatever reason the PCI cards just didn't ever work well with the 5970. You should set your ISA card to address 7. The MS likes to be at address 20.
Make sure your configuration file is correct!
We've been running 5970s for a long, long time. If you take the time to learn the box it is quite a nice MS. We have run into some interesting hardware issues (can't find certain components any more) but we've managed to keep them running since the early '90s.
The last rev of software that worked well was A.02. You can run it under Windows 98SE or under Win 2000, but only with the SmartCard II. If you have the SmartCard I you are stuck running Windows 3.1, and I don't even know where you'd get a rev of software that would work.
You need to have an ISA interface card; for whatever reason the PCI cards just didn't ever work well with the 5970. You should set your ISA card to address 7. The MS likes to be at address 20.
Make sure your configuration file is correct!
We've been running 5970s for a long, long time. If you take the time to learn the box it is quite a nice MS. We have run into some interesting hardware issues (can't find certain components any more) but we've managed to keep them running since the early '90s.
Mark Krause
Laboratory Director
Krause Analytical
Austin, TX USA
Laboratory Director
Krause Analytical
Austin, TX USA
