10 Sep
2001
10 Sep
'01
2:54 a.m.
On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 13:51:10 -0400 (EDT) Louis Schulman
<louiss(a)gate.net> wrote:
From what I have found out, the various IEEE-488 cards
do
not interface with a PC in a standard way.
There seems to be a "de facto" standard, which is to clone
the National Instruments cards and software. The Brain
Boxes manual mentions a "GPIB.COM" device driver which
makes their card work with the NI applications.
Rather, each has its own proprietary interface, and
thus
uses its own driver.
Yes, but the drivers' APIs may be fairly standard.
It therefore appears that software specifically
written
for one card will not work with another, at least without
some hacking.
Software that uses the MS-DOS "GPIB.COM" driver may work,
though.
The Commodore Pet floppy drive transfer software for
the
Brain Boxes card appears unknown.
I'll give it another try as soon as I have all the right
things set up. My PET disks are stored underneath my PET,
which is behind my DEC LN03R laser, which is under a bunch
of stuff put there to make room for a BBQ over the
weekend... :-)
There is some information on a do it yourself card to
allow a PC to communicate with a Pet drive, but not on
this already written software.
Where can I find out about this DIY IEEE card?
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball(a)uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England