jeff@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Stearns) (07/19/84)
Here I've got this nifty SUN workstation which would be even more wonderful
if it could talk to laboratory instruments via the IEEE-488 bus (aka GPIB).
The SUN workstation has a Multibus backplane, so all I need to do is buy
an IEEE-488 interface card and plug it in (the software is presumed to appear
by magic).
Herein lies the question...
I'm aware of only one vendor who makes such a device: National Instruments.
(They offer both an interrupt-driven and a DMA board.)
I've been told by other engineers to be wary of their (similar) products,
and I don't want to get taken upon a great hardware debugging adventure.
Do you know of any other vendor who sells IEEE-488 <=> Multibus interfaces?
Do you have any experience with National Instrument's product?
If you want further information, of have any to share, please reply by mail.
Thanx -
Jeff Stearns John Fluke Mfg. Co, Inc. (206) 356-5064
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Jeff Stearns (206) 356-5064
John Fluke Mfg. Co.
P.O. Box C9090 Everett WA 98043
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