Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ukma!phoenix
From: phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga in the real world - a real application
Message-ID: <11953@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 21 Jun 89 15:32:36 GMT
References: <3100@shlump.dec.com>
Reply-To: phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti)
Organization: Do I haveta?
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In article <3100@shlump.dec.com> balzer@frambo.dec.com (<CB> aka Christian Balzer) writes:
>>2) What about 488 cards?  Are they available?
>>
>Dunno, could it be you're talking about RS-422??? 
>
     Nope, he's talking about an IEEE-488 card. And (to my great surprise!)
I found one yesterday! Or rather, I found an ad for one in a new catalogue
that showed up in my mail (Computer Discount.) The unit is on page 7,
column one (22 pages of non-repetitive often-small-type hardware... I was
happy...:-) ) and is called the Amiga_GPIB. Uses the NEC uPD7210 controller,
and plugs into a Zorro slot. Supports 14 IEEE-488 devices; multiple cards
can be installed.
     Made by ACDA, whoever that is.
     Computer Discount's number is 303/825-2943. I am not affiliated with
any of the aformentioned companies; I R a starving grad student who can't
afford anything in it :-).
     Funny thing about this is that the PET used the IEEE-488 for its
drive, printers, and modem. This is sort of a perverse full circle, eh?
                                                         - R'ykandar.

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