Richard Gambrell ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
 
> According to Jeff Lindberg:
> >
> > [log in to unmask] wrote:
> >
> > > I met with my HP Sales rep yesterday & learned that the new HP9X9
> > > series do not offer HPIB support.  He also mentioned that in order
> [deleted stuff]
 > As it stands, I presume in order to support a high-speed printer like this
> > on a 9x9 box one would have to (1) get some type of LAN <-> HPIB adapter
> > (if, in fact, one exists); (2) purchase a 3rd party software product to
> > provide LAN spooling.
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  A LAN <-> HPIB adapter manufactured by HP has been available for many
years. Your HP sales rep may not want you to consider it because it
is no longer being manufactured by HP. The interface is an HP3000. Don't
laugh.. HP themselves have marketed an intermediate system as a 2680
interface several times in the past. HP sold the 2689 as a laser printer
system for the IBM channel. The 'interface' on that 2680 was a pre-unux
HP9000. HP also sold a laser printer for SNA connections. The 'interface'
for that 2680 was a micro 3000.
 A micro 3000 (classic MPEV) can be be had from the used equipment market
for less than the price of most new HP interface cards. The support
for the hardware is dirt cheap (if you shop at the right places) and
it wouldn't require a software support contract since MPEV is pretty
stable now. These reliable little systems (looks about like a PC tower
if you haven't seen one) would give you a 2680 'interface' with it's
own power fail recovery, a healthy sized buffer (it's disk drive) and
the spooling versatility of the classic 3000.
 
 
 
Bob Jankalski -- Ideal Computer Services