Re: [time-nuts] NI GPIB cards

2008-03-22 Thread Patrick
I too buy a fair number of GPIB cards, about 10-15 a year for use in the equipment I sell. I have bought four NI GPIB PCI cards in the last few months. One did not work as expected. I was horrified when I called NI. They asked that I pay > $200 U.S for a "support contract" so that they could pr

Re: [time-nuts] NI GPIB cards

2008-03-22 Thread Dennis Tillman
H Dave, Over the past 6 years I have bought 15 or more NI GPIB cards for use in PCs. Nearly all of them have been bought on eBay. They have all worked fine. National Instruments is the Rolls Royce of GPIB cards. Technical support and driver support is first rate for all sorts of operating systems