marc@hpfcma.UUCP (marc) (02/15/85)
I just bought a 512k Macintosh last night. Of course I love it already,
but I wonder if any of you out there in NetLand know of a board/connection
for an IEEE-488 (1978) bus. Also known as GP-IB or HP-IB. I would like
to connect it to Hewlett-Packard peripherals, such as a ThinkJet or
LaserJet.
Excuse my ignorance, but could there be some way to convert from an RS-432
high speed serial interface to HP-IB? Perhaps a human sacrifice or two?
Further, does anyone know of a driver (or some other path) to write to the
micro-floppies in Hewlett-Packard's Logical Interchange Format (LIF)? I
understand this may be a problem since Apple uses variable speed drives.
Any clues would be greatly appreciated.
Marc "Apple ain't enough" McKenzie
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303/226-3800 ext 3488 (work)
223-5674 (home)eve@ssc-bee.UUCP (Michael Eve) (02/25/85)
An IEEE 488 bus controller, the Mac488, is available
from I.O. tech, Inc.,
P.O. Box 21204
Cleveland, OH 44121
(216) 831-8646
They have an ad on pg. 66 of EETimes, Feb. 18.
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Mike Eve Boeing Aerospace, Seattle
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