On Thu, 15 May 1997, michael smith wrote:

> 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(
> 
	Thanks for the info!
	I think I'll pass on it - its at $35 dollars so far & I'm
	unlikely to ever find any use for it (unless I lay my
	hands on an hp300 and want to do sick things between it
	and a PC :)

		David