There's also this one. May be more or less likely to have HPIB commands than the service manuals. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232562875321
On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 11:24 PM Adrian Godwin <artgod...@gmail.com> wrote: > You could try > > https://groups.io/g/VintHPcom/messages > https://groups.io/g/HP-Agilent-Keysight-equipment > https://groups.io/g/logicanalyzers/messages > > I couldn't see it on BAMA of K04BB but there are others. > The other possibility is to pull and read the ROMs - sometimes HPIB > commands show up as literal text. > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 9:56 PM Sytse van Slooten via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> Yeah I saw that, but I'm a bit reluctant to blindly pay USD 50 for >> something that might not even have any detail on what I'm looking for. >> After all, I don't need a full manual, and certainly not a collector-worthy >> copy. I just need this specific information. >> >> > On 7 Nov 2024, at 22:30, Wayne S <wayne.su...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > There are some available on ebay. Just search “hp 2640b” >> > >> > Sent from my Dec Alphastation 200. >> > >> >> On Nov 7, 2024, at 11:41, Sytse van Slooten via cctalk < >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> I have a HP 1640B that I'm trying to get to work. However I can't find >> any information about it, and while the machine itself it straightforward >> enough (and I remember enough from when I was using it in my first dayjob) >> I can not find anything about how to use the GPIB interface that it has. >> >> >> >> The reason I'm interested is, we've finally managed to add GPIB >> support to the PDP2011-MINC fpga implementation, and I'd like to test >> against a different target than the relatively modern Philips/Fluke counter >> I'm now using. And the 1640B is the only other GPIB instrument I have... >> >> >> >> The HP doesn't seem to know the ID? command (that causes an error >> message on the screen). It does respond to a newline (the standard >> is-this-listener-present test that the MINC code implements), so at least >> something is working. >> >> >> >> Does anyone here have any docs on the HP 1640B? It'd be very helpful >> at least to know which GPIB commands are implemented. >> >> >> >> thanks in advance! >> >> >> >> Sytse >> >>
