Joseph, I had seen that the rocky mountain basic was available at some $680 for one license. I guess if you really want it you will pay that. However that will not be me. Regards Paul WB8TSL
On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 8:50 PM, Joseph Gray <jg...@zianet.com> wrote: > All this talk of Instrument BASIC brings up a question. Is the Windows > version "out there" somewhere? I know you can't buy it any more. > > Joe Gray > W5JG > > > On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 5:11 PM, Daun Yeagley <d...@yeagley.net> wrote: > > Hi Magnus > > > > My memory is a bit faded on this, but the Instrument Basic on the 894xx > is pretty useful, and I'd recommend making use of it. Instrument Basic is > a subset of "Rocky Mountain Basic" which was a very useful programming > language, especially for instrument control. "Back in the day", I did some > programs for customers on the analyzers. Another notable example was a > program that was written for performance proofs for ATSC (US digital TV > standard) by an engineer at Zenith. It proved quite popular with TV > engineers because it pretty much automated the setup of the analyzer for > these tests. > > I don't know if I've still got any programming examples any more.... > again, that was a long time ago now! > > I also don't remember how difficult it is to add the option to an > existing analyzer. Does your analyzer(s) have the option? > > > > Daun > > > > Daun E. Yeagley, II, N8ASB > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Magnus > Danielson > > Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2016 11:06 AM > > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement < > time-nuts@febo.com> > > Cc: mag...@rubidium.se > > Subject: [time-nuts] Instrument BASIC > > > > Fellow time-nuts, > > > > This is a little off the normal time-stuff, but I wonder if people just > happens to have some suitable input to give. > > > > I have a couple of HP89410A/89441A and would like to see if it would be > nice to see what could be done using the instrument BASIC. How would I be > able to enable or install it? > > > > Now, don't even bother to write comments about how you can do better > using software control from a PC with this and that tool, this is > explicitly not part of the question. > > > > Cheers, > > Magnus > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
