Conventions Used In This Manual; Related Documentation - National Instruments GPIB-1014 User Manual

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• Appendix F, Mnemonics Key, contains a mnemonics key that defines the mnemonics
(abbreviations) used throughout this manual for functions, remote messages, local messages,
states, bits, registers, integrated circuits, system functions, and VMEbus operations and
signals.
• Appendix G, Customer Communication, contains forms for you to complete to facilitate
communication with National Instruments concerning our products.
• The Glossary contains an alphabetical list and description of terms used in this manual,
including abbreviations, acronyms, metric prefixes, and symbols.
• The Index contains an alphabetical list of key terms and topics used in this manual, including
the pages where each one can be found.

Conventions Used in This Manual

The following conventions are used to distinguish elements of text throughout this manual:
italic
IEEE 488
IEEE 1014

Related Documentation

The following documents contain information that you may find helpful as you read this manual:
• ANSI/IEEE Standard 488.1-1987, IEEE Standard Digital Interface for Programmable
Instrumentation.
• ANSI/IEEE Standard 1014-1987, IEEE Standard for a Versatile Backplane Bus: VMEbus.
µ PD7210 GPIB-IFC User Manual, NEC Electronics U.S.A., Inc., One Natick Executive
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Park, Natick, MA 01760.
µ PD7210 Intelligent GPIB Interface Controller Engineering Data Sheet, NEC Electronics
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U.S.A., Inc., Microcomputer Division.
How to Interface a Microcomputer System to a GPIB, (& The NEC µPD7210 TLC), NEC
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Electronics U.S.A., Inc.
GPIB-1014 User Manual
Italic text denotes emphasis, a cross reference, or an introduction to a key
concept.
IEEE 488 is used throughout this manual to refer to the ANSI/IEEE
Standard 488.1-1987, which defines the GPIB.
IEEE 1014 is used throughout this manual to refer to the ANSI/IEEE
Standard 1014-1987, which defines the GPIB.
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