Also used by C3, Sperry and Unisys for the 48 workstation serial link under
CTOS/BTOS.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Rollins <rexstout_at_ptld.uswest.net>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
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
> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/1681/ - Star Trek
>
>
Received on Tue Feb 17 1998 - 21:06:05 GMT