Measurement Computing Personal488 rev.3.0 For DOS & Windows 3.Xi - Manual (Page 21)

I. HARDWARE GUIDES 1. Overview
Personal488 User’s Manual, Rev. 3.0 I-5
Versions of Driver488 are described in the following text and table.
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Driver488/DRV: The industry’s easiest-to-use IEEE 488.2 driver, offering HP-style commands,
support for all programming languages and spread sheets, and features such as automatic program
vectoring on
SRQ .
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Driver488/SUB : A subroutine-style IEEE 488.2 driver that provides all the function of
Driver488/DRV, as well as high performance for fast, interrupt-driven programmed I/O
operations.
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Driver488/W31: A Dynamic Link Library (DLL) that brings IEEE 488.2 control to Microsoft
Windows 16-bit applications. Includes support for Visual Basic, C, Quick C, Turbo C and
Borland C++.
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Driver488/W95: A Dynamic Link Library (DLL) that brings IEEE 488.2 control to Microsoft
Windows 95 for 32-bit applications. Pending software revisions, it includes support for Microsoft
C, Visual Basic, and Borland C++.
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Driver488/WNT: A Dynamic Link Library (DLL) that brings IEEE 488.2 control to Windows NT
version 3.1 or 3.5 applications. Pending software revisions, it includes support for Windows NT
SDK, or C language compiler Visual Basic 4.
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Driver488/LIB: An IEEE 488.2 library of C function calls that link directly to your application for
maximum speed with minimal memory requirements, adding as few as as 25 Kbytes to a compiled
program. Available with an optional license that allows unlimited copies of compiled applications.
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Driver488/OEM: A compact IEEE 488.2 function-call library that enables quick and easy
integration of IEEE 488.2 capability into PC-based instruments.
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Driver488/IUX: A high performance IEEE 488.2 driver for running Interactive Systems UNIX
System V and AT&T UNIX STREAMS.
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Driver488/SCX: A high performance driver for SCO UNIX System V and AT&T UNIX
STREAMS.
Driver488 Family Overview
Driver488
Driver Type
Description Compatible
Operating
System
Compatible
Languages
Driver Architecture COM
Support
Power488 Digital
I/O & Counter-
Timer Support
W95 1 High performance driver for
Windows 95
Microsoft
Windows 95
C, C++ for
Windows &
Visual Basic
Dynamic Link Library
(DLL)
No No
WNT 1 High performance driver for
Windows NT
Microsoft
Windows NT
C Dynamic Link Library
(DLL)
No No
W31 High performance driver for
Windows
Microsoft
Windows 3.x
C & Visual Basic Dynamic Link Library
(DLL)
No Yes
SUB Higher performance driver
for subroutine-style
programming.
DOS C, Pascal, &
QuickBASIC
Memory resident Yes Yes
DRV Device driver, compatible
with all languages
DOS All, including
spreadsheets
Memory resident Yes Yes
LIB 2 Fast, compact, no resident
driver.
DOS C Linkable function
calls
No No
OEM 2 Specially designed to operate
as an IEEE 488.2 peripheral.
DOS 3 C Linkable function
calls
Optional No
IUX 2
SCX 2
For Interactive Systems &
SCO UNIX.
UNIX C Memory resident. No No
1 Note: Driver488/W95 and Driver488/WNT are minimally discussed in this manual, pending current software revisions. Refer to your operating
system header file for the latest available information specific to your application.
2 Note: Driver488/LIB, OEM, IUX, and SCX are not discussed in this manual. These drivers are shipped with their respective manuals.
3 Note: Call the factory regarding Driver488/OEM compatibility with other operating systems.