How ironic. I have a 1640B _without_ the HPIB option board. I've been trying to find that board to buy, without any luck so far. But I _did_ buy this: "HP 01281-90904 1640B OPTION 001 install & service manual (10281A) (HP-IB)" Now to try to find it, and see if it's short enough to be an easy scan.
Guy At 08:36 PM 7/11/2024 +0100, you 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
