RE: OT: Looking for info on IEEE-488 (GPIB)

["Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>]

> >I have a card that supports IEEE-488 (GPIB) but no idea if it as
any use?
> >Does anyone have any ideas, or old kit/cables that need a new
home?
> >
> >Here is the spec on the card: http://www.htbasic.com/hm900.html
> >
> >Any info/suggestions on HA possibilities welcome.
> >
> >( The PC also has 32 port digital I/O cards in it, which is why I
got it)
> >http://www.ieci.com.au/products/print_page.asp?Product_ID=227
> >
>
>    Wow - that takes me back!  I used to program
that bus on a regular
> basis.  To illustrate just how far back this goes, the
original
> Commodore PET micro had a IEEE488 bus for its peripherals.
>
>     Somewhere I even have a bus monitor!
>
>     These days it is dead in the water - the bus
speed (originaly at 1
> MHz) being just too slow.
>
>      The card isn't much use without drivers
- and that page doesn't
> say, but implies, that the drivers shipped are 16bit DOS ones.

As with a lot of unusual hardware, there are drivers for this card
available
for linux, so all is not lost! But as I have nothing to connect them to
theres not much point :/ Ah well will have to concentrate on the I/O
cards
for now.

Thanks for the info.

Cheers, Des.



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