pity not a stand alone instrument, I was offered one for free and have seen them on the E for as little as $20.
-pete On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Rick Karlquist <rich...@karlquist.com> wrote: > Pete Lancashire wrote: >> $17,800 the good days :-) >> >> Did the user i/f to the HPIB ever get published ? >> >> -pete > > I'm not sure if it got "published" or was "leaked" to > certain customers. I vaguely remember having to document > it. I just remembered that the HPIB "phy" chip used > was made by TI and had a bug in it. TI refused to fix > the bug. (The other two vendors of phy chips also had > bugs). If you made continuous measurements, about once > a day it would go into serial poll mode and hang. However, > I believe the fault was in the top box. > > Rick > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.