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From: perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: HP 9111A Graphics Tablet
Message-ID: <672@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 29 May 89 16:30:50 GMT
References: <560@orange6.qtp.ufl.edu> <170005@hplsla.HP.COM>
Reply-To: perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz)
Organization: ASDG Incorporated
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In article <170005@hplsla.HP.COM> tomb@hplsla.HP.COM (Tom Bruhns) writes:
>How much interest is there in HP-IB for Amy?  Would it be worth some
>of us who deal with HP-IB professionally coming up with a product or
>a construction article?  What sort of software would have to be
>provided to make it interesting?

Why don't some of you who deal with HP-IB professionally come up with
some high powered software for the hardware which already exists? 

ASDG has been shipping a Twin-X based GPIB solution for about a year 
now. The GPIB hardware is fully compliant with the latest specifications.

If cost is an issue, I might point you towards the example of the SBX-Serial/2.
This was a Twin-X based multiple serial port solution which has been availble
(also) for about a year. Just recently we introduced the Dual Serial Board
which comes in at half or less than the price of the Twin-X based solution.
In other words, it is quite reasonalble to expect that any Twin-X based
product which proves itself to be commercially viable can be made into a
dedicated board utilizing the same software at a higher performance and
lower cost.

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