On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Jim Lux <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/13/12 2:51 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: >> >> $150 is $130 more than $20. It depends on if an ISA type computer >> shows up for free. I'm having doubts that one will. They seem to >> have become valuable. The machine would need to be at least a Pentium >> II so it could boot off the network and then mount some disk space. I >> know what you mean about maintenance so i don't want any disk inside >> and no OS installed. >> >> I'm surprised that no one has built a GPIB controller from a uP. >> Electrically the GPIB is simple and slow by modern standards. >> > > That's exactly what the Prologix is... a microcontroller that implements > IEEE-488/GPIB with a command interface (serial port emulation with USB) > > Maybe what you mean is "why has nobody published a design and software for > free?"
I've been Googling,.... Yes there is a free published. It appears to be the very much like the Prologix. The Prologix was the next iteration of this design. http://lpvo.fe.uni-lj.si/en/raziskave/elektronika/podatkovni-in-merilni-vmesniki/ Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ 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.
