Has there ever been a user port to GPIB adapter?
I get that GPIB uses a lot more handshaking lines than the user port provides, but two latches and some line drivers would be a starting point?
Merely idle speculation as I sip my Scapa Skiren.
Silly question, perhaps
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Re: Silly question, perhaps
There is a discussion about doing this to a VIC-20 on Denial.Gyro Gearloose wrote:Has there ever been a user port to GPIB adapter?
I get that GPIB uses a lot more handshaking lines than the user port provides, but two latches and some line drivers would be a starting point?
Merely idle speculation as I sip my Scapa Skiren.
The Commodore disk drive version of the IEEE-488 interface requires something like 14 IO lines so doing this on a VIC requires forfeiting your IEC and datasette ports, I think.
See:
http://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bul ... f=4&t=8096
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