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From: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: HP 9111A Graphics Tablet
Keywords: Graphics Tablets
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Date: 24 May 89 08:55:08 GMT
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In article <560@orange6.qtp.ufl.edu> sutherla@orange6 (scott sutherland) writes:
>I recently acquired (for free) an Hewlett Packard HP 9111A Graphics Tablet.
>I noticed that it has something called an HP-IB interface on the back of
>it. Can anyone tell me what this is AND, more importantly, can it be 
>interfaced to any of the Amiga ports (serial, parallel, joystick, etc.)?

#define	HP-IB	IEEE-488

	The IEEE-488 bus is a parallel interface specification created by
Hewlett-Packard.  It is widely used in laboratory instrument control
(voltmeters, 'scopes, signal generators, etc.).  You can hook up all your
neat gizmos up to your computer and control them from there.

	The Amiga doesn't have an IEEE-488 port, and I doubt you could fake
one without extra hardware.  However, the ASDG TOPS-20.... uh, sorry, Twin-X
board is purported to have an IEEE-488 module available for it.

	If you have a system that speaks it correctly, IEEE-488 can be a
neat thing.

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