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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!fsg!onward
- From: onward@fsg.com (Onward Lam)
- Subject: Re: Interfacing HPIB plotter with Centronics port
- Message-ID: <BxyzIJ.Eop@fsg.com>
- Sender: usenet@fsg.com (Keeper-of-Articles)
- Organization: Fusion Systems Group, Inc.
- References: <1992Nov18.125633.10913@fwi.uva.nl>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:39:54 GMT
- Lines: 21
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- In article <1992Nov18.125633.10913@fwi.uva.nl> stolk@fwi.uva.nl (Bram) writes:
- >
- >Howdy,
- >
- >I have a HP plotter, model 9872C which I would like to connect to
- >an IBM PC compatible.
- >
- >The problem is the interfacing.
- >The HP has a connector for a HPIB aka GPIB aka IEEE-448 aka IEC-625 bus.
- >This is a bus system, whereas my PC has a simple IO port, being
- >the Centronics parallel port.
- >
-
- Many companies manufacture a GPIB card for the ISA bus.
- They can be found usually in the back pages of most PC magazines.
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