[time-nuts] Model numbers of RS232 to GPIB controllers

[paul swed]

Nigel
As I mentioned at the cost I see on ebay it doesn't make sense to screw
around.
However the ole iotech 488 is working perfectly fine and am using it right
now to take readings from a HP 436 power meter. I figured that was the
easiest way to get started with python and so far that is true. I picked
these up at $ sub 20 and maybe $5. Flea market specials.
But they work with everything. No funny business.
Anyhow its fun after I figure out a bit more on python it will be time to
use the 5370 counter and gather real data and then process it.
Regards
Paul
WB8TSL

On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 6:23 PM Nigel gm8pzr via time-nuts <
time-nuts at lists.febo.com> wrote:

> Oh boy, I'd forgotten these even existed:-)
> Somewhere, in a very remote corner of a dark and lonely shelf, I probably
> still have lurking a Brainboxes PSI Box, described optimistically as a
> "flexible three way interface converting between IEEE488, RS232 and
> Centronics Parallel".
> Brainboxes was, and still is, a UK company, with a name that perhaps
> doesn't hint at modesty but who make some very nice kit, and the PSI
> box..... is probably best forgotten:-)
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> By the time I bought mine, must be at least 20 years ago, I thought I had
> enough experience of RS232 interfacing to be able to cope with just about
> anything, but this sure made me think I might be wrong after all:-)
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> ISA GPIB cards, PCI GPIB cards, anything and everything has to beat RS232
> to GPIB, but nowadays there's nothing to beat National USB to GPIB modules.
> Nigel GM8PZR
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