Re: Apple II IEEE-488 Interface card

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

It was also used extensively on the Commodore line of 8 bit computers. They used it
to connect to disk drives, modems, etc.

Roy

Roger Johnstone wrote:

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> In article <20000819234557.11243.00000120@ng-fa1.aol.com>, simm8mb@aol.com
> (SIMM8MB) wrote:
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> >What is this card. Found one today in the box still shrinkwrapped. I don't want
> >to open it to see what it is, because then it would not be new anymore. ; )
> >
> >Justin
>
> IEEE-488 aka GPIB (general purpose interface bus) aka HPIB (Hewlett-Packard
> interface bus)
>
> It's an interface used for connecting computers to scientific instruments,
> data acquisition, laboratory equipment etc. You can connect multiple devices
> to the bus but normally only one computer. The only thing I've seen which
> had a GPIB connection was an HP plotter.
>
> Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
> http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rojaws
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