Unfortunately not worth messing with. I have the 5180 in the basement (At least thats what I think it is. Been a long time) There is one heck of a switching supply and over age it becomes troublesome. It may be $20 on epay, but shippings $100....
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 5:34 PM, Pete Lancashire <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > 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 -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
