With the GPIB-232CT-A/Mac, an external RS-232-to-GPIB controller, you can control GPIB instruments from your Mac's printer/modem port. The device ($595) implements a normal and extended Talker and Listener, serial and parallel polling, service requests, pass- and receive-control functions, and remote-programming functions.
Contact: National Instruments, Austin, TX, (800) 433-3488 or (512) 794-0100; E-mail:
info@natinst.com
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Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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