Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!uhccux!cfht.hawaii.edu!jwright From: jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu (Jim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Mixed 700/300 clusters and local disks Message-ID: Date: 1 Jun 91 21:32:39 GMT References: <1991May28.190640.5789@sunee.waterloo.edu> <7370405@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> Sender: news@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu Lines: 32 rjn@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland) writes: >re: Series 700 I/O support... >> Will HP supply the same programming support for HP-IB on the 700 that is >> available on the 300, 400 and 800? We absolutely require HP-IB for our >> instrument control and data acquisition. > >By this do you refer to "dil", the Device I/O Library? I thought it was "dvio", but anyway... hpib(7) - Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus driver hpib_abort(3I) - stop activity on specified HP-IB bus hpib_address_ctl(3I) - set the HP-IB bus address for poll response hpib_ren_ctl(3I) - control the Remote Enable line on HP-IB hpib_rqst_srvce(3I) - allow interface to enable SRQ line on HP-IB hpib_send_cmnd(3I) - send command bytes over HP-IB hpib_spoll(3I) - conduct a serial poll on HP-IB bus hpib_status_wait(3I) - wait until the requested status condition becomes true hpib_wait_on_ppoll(3I) - wait until a particular parallel poll value occurs We can live without the HPIB disks, tapes, etc. They've always been slow to the point of tears (but very reliable). Our specific and pointed questions about HP-IB when the HP sales staff made their presentation here were brushed off with assurances that there was "nothing now, but you can just put in an EISA card and everything will work". Lack of a functioning HP-IB system on a 700 will either mean a LOT of work for us, or we may not be able to use 700s. (And we desperately want to get rid of our 800s.) -- Jim Wright jwright@cfht.hawaii.edu Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corp.