David Carrel wrote:
>> In case you don't have this information already, one of my manuals (for
>> a PERQ workstation...) has an 8-page appendix on GPIB that includes a 
>
>A PERQ!!!  Wow, there's a rush of memories.

Yes, they're wonderful machines...and not too hard to find in the UK
either (they were very popular with universities). In case you haven't 
guessed, the PERQ is the machine I want to talk to via the GPIB. 

Just to avoid wandering too far off-topic:
Looking through the archives, I see that HPIB interfaces can have up
to 8 'slaves'. Can somebody explain how this relates to the HPIB/GPIB 
31 devices on an interface limit? Is the 'slave' concept only significant
to the existing hpib driver?
And shouldn't I have an hpib(4) man page?

Peter Maydell
[everybody should have one computer the size of a small fridge...]