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- From: gda@creare.com (Gray Abbott)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Subject: Re: Future of HP 9000/300 series?, and the 9000/425t, or How to screw a customer?,
- Message-ID: <C1J0Ly.Bu7@creare.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 18:56:21 GMT
- References: <1993Jan17.205747.18965@mcs.kent.edu> <147180@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> <1993Jan22.100741@siihp1.epfl.ch>
- Organization: Creare Inc., Hanover, NH, USA
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- In article <1993Jan22.100741@siihp1.epfl.ch> cionca@siihp1.epfl.ch (Ion Cionca [epfl.sic.sii]) writes:
- >...
- >The HP-IB interface on 4xxt series is no more available after
- >an upgrade to series 715! The HP-IB is suported only on 715s series
- >(through the EISA card) and there's no way to upgrade from a 4xxt to 715s!
- >
- >We have lots of hp4xxt, used for HP-IB connected test&measurement
- >peripherals. How can we take advantage of the new, great, blasting
- >(open list, you may add your own here...) machines and preserve
- >our investments (didn't you say so, HP?) ?
- >
- >Is our case unique?
-
- No. Lots of people need that fast HPIB interface. I was told last week
- about a new model, 745i, which has a non-EISA HPIB interface. I don't
- have any more information on it, yet.
-
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