Subject: Re: Apollo + more!
To: Nathan Gelbard <gelbard@engr.orst.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-hp300
Date: 05/24/1997 10:51:52
On Sat, 24 May 1997 02:32:02 -0700
Nathan Gelbard <gelbard@ENGR.ORST.EDU> wrote:
> I've got an Apollo 433 (tower kind. I dont know if its a t s or whatever).
...that's a Strider ... the S :-)
> Anyway, Its got all the standard harware: HIL, LAN, IO, DISC. It also
> has bays for more cards! What would happen if I put a "Human Interface"
> card (containing thin LAN, HPIB, RS232, HIL) in it? Would I fry something?
> I'd like to use the coax off of the Human Interface card + the onboard
> coax (dual homed system!).
...Yah, the "human interface" card for the 360/370 isn't going to be
happy if you pop it into the 433... the HIL and HPIB would be at
conflicting addresses, at least... and there's no way to change those.
You probably won't cook anything, but the system wouldn't run, either.
(But, I wouldn't risk it, personally.)
Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
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