10 Sep
2001
10 Sep
'01
1:46 p.m.
Sorry but your wrong.
Here in the USA IEEE-488/GPIB cards are considered industrial
interfaces and command premium prices. I bought one for a
control system and paid $399US!! That was for a cheaper non-dma
slow GPIB.
Allison
-----Original Message-----
From: Louis Schulman <louiss(a)gate.net>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, September 10, 2001 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: IEEE-488 interface and Commodore Pet
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 19:55:38 +0100 (BST), Tony Duell
wrote:
#> > I don't know if the Brain Box supplied software only works
#> > with their card or any card.
#>
#> The card claims to be compatible with the IBM IEEE card,
#
#Which IBM IEEE card? There are at least 2, and they are totally
#different. I was given an IBM IEEE488 card which uses a pair of 9914
#chips (one for data transfer, one to send commands, I think). The one
in
#the O&A Techref is based round a NEC 7210 chip.
The information I received from Brain Boxes is that their card uses the
NEC 7210
chip. They still have some
of these cards in stock, although they are no longer in
production.
They sent me a very helpful e-mail. The
only problem is that they want 320 pounds for one
card.
Well, I don't know what things cost in Britain, but out-of-production
DOS-based
ISA cards generally don't
sell for US $540. Usually, it is more like US $5,
maybe new US $50.
So, I don't think I will be doing any
business with Brain Boxes.
Louis