Tektronix PEP301 mystery resolved

[Joe R.]

At 12:15 PM 4/26/06 -0600, you wrote:
>
>In article <3.0.6.16.20060426135034.10a7c12c at pop-server.cfl.rr.com>,
>    "Joe R." <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com>  writes:
>
>>    There's probably not much reason to talk to a 4041 unless you intend to
>> use it. And the only thing that it's good for is a GPIB controller. These
>> days it would be much simpler to just use a PC as a GPIB controller.  NI
>> GPIB cards are easy to find, cheap, well documented and you can program
>> them in Assembly, C, Fortran, BASIC and (I think) Pascal.
>
>Yes, however, I have heard various amounts of success in using a PC
>with an NI GPIB controller talking to the CBM 8050.  Apparently it
>depends on the card/driver combination you use.  Some will work and
>some won't.

   Any idea what's not working?  It looks to me like the NI GPIB stuff is
MUCH more configurable than the HP or Tektronix.

>
>>   In the HP's, it's OBVIOUS when they're bad!
>
>Yeah, in my 2648A with the dead capstan its a puddle of goop under the
>pin!

    :-/

    Joe


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