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From: cs176sbd@sdcc3.ucsd.EDU (I-Teh Hsieh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: HP-85 and HP-9816
Message-ID: <4220@sdcc3.ucsd.EDU>
Date: 4 Jun 88 18:45:47 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
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Is there a scheme which would allow the HP-85 and the HP-9816 operate
on the same bus (IEEE 488, HP1B) exchanging the role of controlling
the bus and the instruments or peripherals on the bus?  Would one
computer be allowed to control the bus while setting the other idle
and vice versa?  Thanks.
					I-Teh