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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga in the real world - a real application
Message-ID: <2493@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jun 89 12:39:56 GMT
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In <52566@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, martens@ketch.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jeff Martens) writes:
>In article <3100@shlump.dec.com> balzer@frambo.dec.com (<CB> aka Christian Balzer) writes:
>:In article <24218@srcsip.UUCP>, carpent@coltrane.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Todd Carpenter) writes...
>
>:>2) What about 488 cards?  Are they available?
>:>
>:Dunno, could it be you're talking about RS-422??? 
>
>No, he probably means 488, as in IEEE-488.  As to existence for the
>Amiga, I dunno...

IEEE-488 is available for the Amiga in at least two forms. One is a little box
that hangs on the serial port, and costs a LOT. ($500-600). A better solution
is ASDG's Twin-X with IEEE-488 module.

-larry

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