Absolute(Zero) stands accused of saying:
>       National Instruments GPIB I/F Card
>       Part Number AT-GPIB/TNT, Assy #181830-01 REV D, ISA card.
>
>       Is this like the HP/IB interface on the hp300?

Uhh, "sort of".  It's a high-speed GPIB card.

>       If it is then someone might be interested to know that there is
>       one currently bid at $15 at 
>       http://www.ebay.com/aw-cgi/item.cgi?item=dfi41964
>       Does this seem like a halfway reasonable price?

It's a ridiculous price, considering that they're several hundred
new 8)  You won't be able to talk to your HPIB disks with it, but
it'll talk (very quickly) to GPIB instruments and the like.

I'm in the process of negotiating with NatInst for the DDK for 
the PCI version of that card in order to develop a driver
for FreeBSD.  Their last quote looks pretty good (~$600), but
my funding just evaporated 8(

>                David/abs               abs@anim.dreamworks.com

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