HP82169A usefull in anno 2022?

[Garth Wilson]

(11-02-2022 12:23 AM)rprosperi Wrote:  I suppose even USB2 is more than fast enough for HP-IB traffic?

The original HP-IB speed was approximately equal to the original USB speed. The later HS-488 was about eight times as fast, but USB 2.0 was that fast times about six; so yes, USB 2.x would be more than fast enough for HP-IB traffic.

When I attended a seminar on HP-IB controllers, HP was using the 68000, and someone asked why not a faster processor, like a 68030. The answer given was that there wasn't much point in going faster because so much time was taken waiting for readings to come back from the equipment. This is my experience too.