Very well done!  Reminds me of when we upgraded from a 70 to a 950.
     HP told us to get rid of our 2608S and replace it with a 256x printer.
     Well, being somewhat austere, if not downright cheap, we hung on to
     it, configured it as a 2563, and it worked just fine for years until
     we gave it to someone to use on their yacht <g>.
 
     -Bob
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Subject: 'Tain't Necessarily So
Author:  Steve Dirickson b894 WestWin <[log in to unmask]> at Internet
Date:    1/2/96 3:32 PM
 
 
BOTTOM LINE
If you're ordering, or considering ordering, a 9x9KS box to upgrade your
current system, you might want to consider alternatives before you spend
a bunch of money to replace or convert your existing HPIB peripherals.
 
     <SNIP>
 
This also raises the question: should the user community insist that HP
produce the requisite "low-level drivers" to complete the picture, and
make HPIB a supported interface on the 9x9KS boxes? Upgrading from HPIB
to SCSI is nice to do when available and affordable, but being forced to
do so unnecessarily, at substantial cost, is something not many people
are going to appreciate.
 
Steve Dirickson         WestWin Consulting
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