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From: bryan@geo-works.UUCP (Bryan Ford)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga in the real world - a real application
Message-ID: <1193.AA1193@geo-works>
Date: 25 Jun 89 15:23:23 GMT
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In article <24218@srcsip.UUCP>, carpent@coltrane.SRC.Honeywell.COM (Todd Carpenter) writes...
>2) What about 488 cards?  Are they available?

There's the Twin-X thingy from ASDG.

Also, I just a catalog from National Instruments, and although they don't
have anything specifically for the Amiga, they have several things that
could be hooked up to one.  They list a GPIB (IEEE-488) to RS-232
converter, GPIB to RS-422 converter, GPIB to parallel converter, GPIB to
RS-232 controller, GPIB to RS-422 controller, and GPIB to SCSI controller.
I don't know the exact difference between 'converter' and 'controller', but
the 'controllers' had a lot more pages devoted to them.  :-) I couldn't
find any prices for these in the catalog, so I don't know how they would
compare with the Twin-X board.  Their number is (800) IEEE-488.

I am in no way connected with National Instruments or ASDG, besides
apparently (:-) being on their mailing list.

				Bryan

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