HP MultiProgrammer Re: Need a home for some HP gear - UK.

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Tue Dec 17 20:16:00 2002

At 09:50 PM 12/17/02 +0000, you wrote:
>Tim Myers wrote:
>> The systems are HP3350 Laboratory Automation Systems, each consists of:
>> HP-1000 F Series Computer,
>> HP 12990B Memory Extender
>> HP 12979B 1/O Extender
>> HP 7970E Tape Drive
>> 2xHP 7925 Disk Drives
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>I have a gadget in the garage that I think has some connection
>with these. It's an HP 6942A Multiprogrammer, and it's mounted in
>a rack-style case just like those shown in the photos of this HP
>gear. Can anyone use it? Does anyone know what is does?

   I do. It's basicly a card cage that you buy and then stuff with various optional IO cards. There are a lot of different cards for it and they include things like digital inputs, digital output, analog input and output cards, counters, programmable frequency and signal type (square wave, sine wave, etc etc) output cards, relay closure cards and many others. The 6942 is much more desirable than the older 6940 since it has a hP-IB port built-in and can be directly controlled by HP-IB. The 6940 used a parallel port interface but you could buy an optional HP-IB interface (separate unit).

    Joe



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