Hi lists, > That is interesting since SCSI is a simple thing to add to a PC, you > have to wonder why they went GPIB, which is a rather slow interface used > for electronic instruments. National Instruments more or less owns the > GPIB business. There is a very hidden form on their website where you > can turn in some old GPIB to get half price (last time I looked) on a > new one. I managed to find a 232 to GPIB converter on the surplus > market, so I never pursued the trade up route.
SCSI was not mature on the PC back when the Leaf was developed, and every card used a different driver etc. GPIB was fast enough, as the limiting factor was the scan time, not the transfer time. Regards, Austin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
