Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!ucsd!sdcc6!sdcc3!cs176sbd 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 Lines: 7 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