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From: daves@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Dave Scroggins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: IEEE-488 Question.
Message-ID: <2030146@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Date: 17 Jan 89 18:35:52 GMT
Organization: HP Design Tech Center - Santa Clara, CA
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I was just wondering ---

How come the AMIGA, particularly the new ones, do not come with an
IEEE-488 (HPIB) instead of or in addition to the Centronics ports?

Along these same lines, why do most periferals for the AMIGA not come
with this interface option?

If this were used more commonly, then I would not have to get switch boxes,
or change things around so much.

Example -- here at work I have 4 100MB disks all plugged into one port.

Maybe some folks at CBM could comment.

Thanks,

Dave (Just wondering) S.