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PCMCIA-GPIB for MacOS
Conventions Used in This Manual
The following conventions are used in this manual.
This icon to the left of bold italicized text denotes a caution, which
advises you of precautions to take to avoid injury, data loss, or a
system crash.
bold
Bold text denotes the names of menus, menu items, parameters, dialog
box, dialog box buttons or options, icons, windows, or LEDs.
bold italic
Bold italic text denotes a note, caution, or warning.
italic
Italic text denotes emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction to a
key concept.
monospace
Text in this font denotes text or characters that should literally enter
from the keyboard, sections of code, programming examples, and
syntax examples. This font is also used for the proper names of disk
drives, paths, directories, programs, subprograms, subroutines, device
names, functions, operations, variables, filenames and extensions, and
for statements and comments taken from programs.
IEEE 488 and
IEEE 488 and IEEE 488.2 refer to the ANSI/IEEE Standard488.1-1987
IEEE 488.2
and ANSI/IEEE Standard 488.2-1992, respectively, which define the
GPIB.
The Glossary lists abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes,
mnemonics, symbols, and terms.
Related Documentation
The following documents contain information that you may find helpful
as you read this manual:
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ANSI/IEEE Standard 488.1-1987, IEEE Standard Digital Interface
for Programmable Instrumentation
•
ANSI/IEEE Standard 488.2-1992, IEEE Standard Codes, Formats,
Protocols, and Common Commands
•
Card Services Specification, Release 2.1, Personal Computer
Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA).
•
PC Card Standard, Release 2.1, Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association (PCMCIA).
•
Socket Services Specification, Release 2.1, Personal Computer
Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA).
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