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From: jeff@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Stearns)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: IEEE-488 interfaces for multibus computers
Message-ID: <1732@vax4.fluke.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Jul-84 18:40:12 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 18 18:40:12 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 20-Jul-84 04:49:05 EDT
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Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, WA
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Here I've got this nifty SUN workstation which would be even more wonderful
if it could talk to laboratory instruments via the IEEE-488 bus (aka GPIB).

The SUN workstation has a Multibus backplane, so all I need to do is buy
an IEEE-488 interface card and plug it in (the software is presumed to appear
by magic).

Herein lies the question...

	I'm aware of only one vendor who makes such a device: National Instruments.
	(They offer both an interrupt-driven and a DMA board.)

	I've been told by other engineers to be wary of their (similar) products,
	and I don't want to get taken upon a great hardware debugging adventure.

	Do you know of any other vendor who sells IEEE-488 <=> Multibus interfaces?

	Do you have any experience with National Instrument's product?

If you want further information, of have any to share, please reply by mail.
Thanx - 
	Jeff Stearns	John Fluke Mfg. Co, Inc.	(206) 356-5064
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