On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 13:51:10 -0400 (EDT) Louis Schulman
<louiss_at_gate.net> wrote:
> From what I have found out, the various IEEE-488 cards do
> not interface with a PC in a standard way.
There seems to be a "de facto" standard, which is to clone
the National Instruments cards and software. The Brain
Boxes manual mentions a "GPIB.COM" device driver which
makes their card work with the NI applications.
> Rather, each has its own proprietary interface, and thus
> uses its own driver.
Yes, but the drivers' APIs may be fairly standard.
> It therefore appears that software specifically written
> for one card will not work with another, at least without
> some hacking.
Software that uses the MS-DOS "GPIB.COM" driver may work,
though.
> The Commodore Pet floppy drive transfer software for the
> Brain Boxes card appears unknown.
I'll give it another try as soon as I have all the right
things set up. My PET disks are stored underneath my PET,
which is behind my DEC LN03R laser, which is under a bunch
of stuff put there to make room for a BBQ over the
weekend... :-)
> There is some information on a do it yourself card to
> allow a PC to communicate with a Pet drive, but not on
> this already written software.
Where can I find out about this DIY IEEE card?
--
John Honniball
Email: John.Honniball_at_uwe.ac.uk
University of the West of England
Received on Mon Sep 10 2001 - 09:54:12 BST