Sounds to me like a protocol analyzer. Typically used to watch both sides of
a conversation unobtrusively. The ones I worked with were for RS232 serial
data. Very useful for debugging communications programs. The link appears to
be broken though.
Jay
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From: "Degnan Co." <billdeg_at_degnanco.com>
To: <cctech_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 7:39 AM
Subject: Atlantic Research Corp. "Interview 40B"
> Can anyone identify the purpose of an Atlantic Research Corportation
> (ARC) Interview 40B Data Analyzer? c. 1984.
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> Is this a tester for cable, modem, printer, output or pin outs?
> Anyone have a manual? It appears to work, in that it powers up and
> you can get to the menu I have reproducted below. Here is a picture
> I found on the internet. http://www.torontosurplus.com/air/DATA2997.
> JPG
> Here is the menu:
> **MENU SELECTIONS**
> 0 PROTOCOL SETUP
> 1 TRIGGER 1
> 2 TRIGGER 2
> 3 TRIGGER 3
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> 5 TIMEOUT/INTERFACE/PRINTER
> 6 TRANSMIT MODE
> 7 INTERACTIVE TEST
> 8 TEST LIBRARY
> 9 LIBRARY UTILITIES
> A REMOTE TRANSFER
> B BCC PARAMETERS
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> E CODE TRANSLATE CHART
> F DATA BUFFER
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