I'm sure somebody sells ISA to USB somewhere. It probably costs around $30 to $50 which is around half of what new motherboards can be had for. That's why I mentioned replacing the motherboard as a possible alternative to other upgrades. You can still use old CPU, memory and other stuff in our computer. IT would be easier to tell what to do knowing what you currently have. Just checked Jameco Electronics catalog. They list HP Scan Jet 6200C, 36 bit 1200 dpi scanner for $99.95. It has USB and SCSI connection. They also have 5 port USB 2.0 PCI interface for $53.95 (it's faster than regular USB), Other cards: 7 port USB for $32.25 4 port USB for $49.95 2 port for $29.95 I don't see ISA to USB though. As I said I would rather buy PCI cards than ISA for longer run in the future. They have USB to serial or parallel adapters as well. http://www.newegg.com has good prices on most hardware including motherboards. For example they list TYAN Trinity 510 (S2266) VIA P4 P4X266 SOCKET 478 400MHz FSB DDR ATX, which is very close to what you would pay for USB and scanner SCSI adapter together. The only catch is CPU and memory. I don't know if your current one would fit in. An alternative would be TYAN S1854 Trinity 400 Apollo Pro 133A PIII DDR 66/100/133 FSB Socket 370 and Slot 1 ATX Motherboard - RETAIL PROCESSOR: Supports one Intel Celeron, Pentium II, or Pentium III processor. MEMORY: 3 X 3.3V unbuffered 168-pin DIMM Sockets Supports up to 768MB PC100/PC133 compliant SDRAM support. They list it for $77.00 The cheapest one seem to be MSI MS-6368L 50A (MS-6368 6368-140) PLE 133 Pentium III / Celeron Support Tualatin DDR Socket 370 Micro-ATX with Sound, Video, LAN - Retail VIAŽ VT8601T chipset. (North-Bridge 510 BGA). VIAŽ VT82C686B chipset. (South-Bridge 352 BGA) .66/100/133MHz FSB. Two 168-pin unbuffered DIMM. On-Board IDE. Goes for $57. Prices do not include shipping and tax of course. Again, it's important to know what you have in order to say if you can replace the motherboard. Memory and CPU are the most critical. I hope it helps. On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 01:26:58PM -0600, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I don't want to replace my motherboard, but can one get a usb adapter for an isa > slot? Would linux support this and does anybody know how expensive that would be > as opposed to a motherboard? > Thanks. -- Rafael *** Microsoft is to free computer use *** *** as Teleban is to the freedom of women. ***