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From: anthony@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Lawrence Anthony)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: NeXTBus v NuBus Difference and IEEE-488/GPIB availability
Keywords: NeXTBus NuBus IEEE-488 GPIB HPIB
Message-ID: <12579@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Date: 9 Nov 89 00:14:02 GMT
Reply-To: anthony@csvax.caltech.edu (Lawrence Anthony)
Organization: California Institute of Technology
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our group is considering purchasing a next computer (among several
candidates) to be used for control and data acquisition in the
laboratory.  this would be done with an ieee-488/gpib interface
card (and possibly also a general-purpose A-to-D/D-to-A card).
a few questions in this regard:

1) is the nextbus the same animal as a nubus?  if not, what are
the major differences?

2) can i take an off-the-shelf nubus gpib interface card and plug
it into the backplane of the next computer and expect it to work
(assuming that i can plug it in in the first place)?

3) if not, are there any 3rd party vendors who make gpib interface
cards that work with the next computer?

a phone call to next resulted in my being told that national
instruments makes a gpib interface card for the next computer.
but according to a/the sales manager at national instruments,
they make no such device.

please respond via e-mail to anthony@csvax.caltech.edu.

lawrence anthony