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- From: dvsg0223@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (David Salamon)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: HPIB(IEEE-488) and parallel
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- Date: 3 Sep 92 16:02:19 GMT
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- hillman@iastate.edu (Matthew C Hilleman) writes:
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- > Does anyone now how to run a HPIB port printer from
- > a standard parallel printer port??
- > Do I have to make a special cable or what??
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- This is MUCH more involved than just a cable. GPIB (also known as HPIB
- and IEEE-488) is a smart bus, not just a parallel port.
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- ASDG sells a GPIB board for the Amiga, so you could use that.
-
- David
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- David Salamon Physics Graduate Student (Slave)
- d-salamon@uiuc.edu University of Illinois
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