In manufacturing environments, it used to be common to use an HP1000 to
communicate with the factory floor equipment, and have the HP1000
communicate with the HP3000 over PTOP. This is important when you require
very timely response or tight control of the manufacturing equipment.
-dtd
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Vistica [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
(abreviated)
> Arcane side note: DTCs are also used to talk to various serial devices
> like automated scales fer instance.
>