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From: eric@hector.UUCP (Eric Lavitsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: IEE-488 hardware (was Re: Studebakers)
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Date: 17 Jun 88 19:20:39 GMT
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In article <56818@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes:
>In article <5559@utah-cs.UUCP> (Rich Thomson) writes:
>>ASDG has just announced their new board, the Twin-X, that allows you to use
>
>Don't misunderstand, I think that the ASDG product is *very* good and was
>an excellent idea on the part of those folks. However, iSBX is not as popular
>as the PC bus is, nor do the prices compare very well. I used to work for
>Intel and designed to the iSBX bus and found it a nice little bus and will
>probably get one of ASDG's boards. But the people in industry who design to
>it expect you are running a $30,000 MultiBus I/II system and don't mind 
>paying $500 for a module. Whereas the people designing to the PC bus realize
>you are a cheapskate (or you would have picked a real bus :-)) and they get
>some benefit from the number of installed units and price their boards in
>the $100 - $300 range. 
>
>--Chuck McManis

I have some good news for you Chuck - you won't have to pay $500 for the
IEEE-488 iSBX module *we* designed... :-) And thanks for the nice comments!

Cheers (and see you at Usenix?),
Eric

#plug
P.S. Any developer's interested in applications for thw Twin-X (applications
requiring IEE-488, multiple serial ports, D/A A/D, stepper motor control etc.
etc. ad infinitum), please contact ASDG at 608-273-6585.
#endplug

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