15 Feb
1998
15 Feb
'98
2:27 a.m.
On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Larry Anderson & Diane Hare wrote:
Remember if you find a hint of something you are
collecting at a thrift,
look around for other components (i.e. if you find a Commodore IEEE-488
cable start looking for PET/B-128 drives, printers, computers, tapes,
disks, manuals, etc.)
Which reminds me: why didn't IEEE-488 ever become a big hit in the
computer biz? It's been around since the 60's, is standard, has good
performance, has IC support, can handle a bunch of devices, etc., but it
became relagated to a niche of scientific instrument control for some
reason.
-- Doug