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Description of the GPIB-PRL
Chapter 1
GPIB-PRL User Manual
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The GPIB-PRL is capable of providing data conversion in either direction;
that is, it can be used to interface GPIB plotters and printers to a computer
with a Centronics-type output port or to add a standard Centronics-type
printer to a GPIB network.
Although the GPIB-PRL is designed to be used with a device which adheres
to the Centronics interface standard, it can also be used with other devices
which use a unidirectional parallel 8-bit bus similar in nature to the
Centronics specification. Since the GPIB is also a parallel bus, to avoid
confusion the Centronics-type interface port is referred to as the parallel
port and the GPIB port is referred to as the GPIB or IEEE 488 throughout
the manual.
What Your Kit Contains
Your kit should contain the following components:
Component
Part Number
One of the following boxes:
•
GPIB-PRL (256K RAM - 115 VAC)
776177-02
•
GPIB-PRL (256K RAM - 230 VAC)
776177-32
GPIB-PRL User Manual
320090-01