GP-IB (was Re: Atari 8-bit Find) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

17 Feb 1998

Also used by C3, Sperry and Unisys for the 48 workstation serial link under
CTOS/BTOS.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Rollins &lt;rexstout(a)ptld.uswest.net&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
Date: Tuesday, February 17, 1998 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: GP-IB (was Re: Atari 8-bit Find)

...

 >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 
Maybe because the cables are so expensive?

 It's used by:

Commodore Pets
GRiD Compass
HP 3000
HP 1000 (I think)

Probably others... And don't forget the HP 9000... Actually, HP uses their own
variant, called
HP-IB. It's probably compatible with GP-IB, but I'm not sure. I have an
8-bit ISA HP-IB controller around here somewhere, but nothing to use it
with(at least not yet).

-JR  http://members.tripod.com/~jrollins/index.html - Computers
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