"William Noble" wrote in message
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there is a plethora of data collection cards, I'd start there - why USB
and not PCI? anyway, not my problem - do a search for "data collection
cards"


PCI is going away if not already completely gone on new PCs, USB will be
here for quite a while in some form. USB also allows you to easily move the
device from one PC to another, and connect it to laptops.