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Introduction to this Manual
This manual is the Personal488 User's Manual for Windows 95 and Windows NT.
The material in this manual discusses PC/IEEE 488 controller interface hardware and their
accompanying 32-bit driver software. This material is divided into the following sections:
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Chapter 1: Personal488 Overview gives a general description of both the interface hardware and
the driver software associated with each of the Personal488 PC/IEEE 488 controller interface
packages discussed in this manual.
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Chapter 2: Personal488/PCI (with PCI488) provides a discussion of the hardware specifications,
and the instructions for the installation of the "plug-&-play" PCI488 interface and its drivers.
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Chapter 3: Personal488/ATpnp (with AT488pnp) provides a discussion of the hardware
specifications, and the instructions for the installation of the "plug-&-play" AT488pnp interface
and its drivers.
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Chapter 4: Personal488/CARD (with CARD488) provides a discussion of the hardware
specifications, and the instructions for the installation of the "plug-&-play" CARD488 interface
and its drivers.
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Chapter 5: Personal488/AT (with AT488) provides a discussion of the hardware specifications,
and the instructions for the installation and configuration of the AT488 interface and its drivers.
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Chapter 6: Personal488 (with GP488B) provides a discussion of the hardware specifications, and
the instructions for the installation and configuration of the GP488B interface and its drivers.
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Chapter 7: Personal488/MM (with GP488B/MM) provides a discussion of the hardware
specifications, and the instructions for the installation and configuration of the GP488B/MM
interface and its drivers.
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Chapter 8: Driver488/W95 & Driver488/WNT gives a more-detailed description of the 32-bit
Windows-based driver software implemented with each of the Personal488 products in this
manual, and includes instructions for the configuration of this software.
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Chapter 9: API Command Reference provides descriptions for the entire API command set
combining both 32-bit versions of Driver488 – Driver488/W95 and Driver488/WNT – and
covering each of the Personal488 products in this manual. The description format of the individual
API commands includes the command syntax, returned response, operating mode, bus states, and
an example program excerpt.
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Chapter 10: Troubleshooting provides a reference for possible solutions to technical problems.
Before calling for technical assistance, refer to this chapter.
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The Appendix provides background information concerning the IEEE 488 bus, the serial bus, and
ASCII controls.
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The Index provides a comprehensive alphabetical listing of the main terms and topics in this
manual. Also, the Abbreviations on the last pages of this manual, provides an overall list of
abbreviations, including acronyms and ASCII control codes, as an additional reference for this
manual and for other related literature.
Since many of the hardware names and boards discussed in this manual appear very similar to each
other, make sure you view the material which corresponds to your specific hardware board. For
example, although the GP488B and GP488B/MM names are very similar, the interface boards are not
identical; some material will apply to only one of these boards.
Information which may have changed since the time of printing will be found in a
disk, or in an addendum to the manual.
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