26 Apr
2006
26 Apr
'06
11:15 a.m.
In article <3.0.6.16.20060426135034.10a7c12c at pop-server.cfl.rr.com>,
"Joe R." <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com> writes:
There's probably not much reason to talk to a
4041 unless you intend to
use it. And the only thing that it's good for is a GPIB controller. These
days it would be much simpler to just use a PC as a GPIB controller. NI
GPIB cards are easy to find, cheap, well documented and you can program
them in Assembly, C, Fortran, BASIC and (I think) Pascal.
Yes, however, I have heard various amounts of success in using a PC
with an NI GPIB controller talking to the CBM 8050. Apparently it
depends on the card/driver combination you use. Some will work and
some won't.
In the HP's, it's OBVIOUS when they're
bad!
Yeah, in my 2648A with the dead capstan its a puddle of goop under the
pin!
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