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Date:      Sat, 06 Sep 2003 15:12:04 +0200
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        ticso@cicely.de
Cc:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/isa isa_compat.c isa_device.h 
Message-ID:  <22559.1062853924@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 06 Sep 2003 15:02:48 %2B0200." <20030906130247.GI82301@cicely12.cicely.de> 

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In message <20030906130247.GI82301@cicely12.cicely.de>, Bernd Walter writes:

>> _IF_ we want IEEE488 support, we want it so that it conforms to the
>> industry-standard API and/or supporting SCPI.  The driver which is
>> in the tree is neither and not even close in any respect.
>
>Well I have no knowledge about the industry-standard API and SCPI.
>And both specs cost money.

You can actually find quite a bit for free on the web.

>My knowledge about IEEE488 came from Commodore systems - don't know
>how much their usage fits into industry-standard API - at least it
>has nothing to do with SCPI.

Commodores use of IEEE488 was _very_ "unique".

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