NI PCMCIA-GPIB card and PowerBook G3?

I need to set up a GPIB test system, and my options for a controller are
an old 386 machine with DOS(!), or a Powerbook G3.
Does anyone here have experience using NI's PC-Card GPIB interface in a
Powerbook G3? The Labview docs say it's supported, I just wonder if it is
fully supported. Thanks in advance for your help.
I jusk _knew_ I shouldn't have given that old HP-85 to charity...
Jim McSheehy
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Greg,
Have you used the PCMCIA/GPIB card with any other Mac programming
language? FutureBasic claims to support the NI drivers on NI's PCI and
NuBus cards.
Thanks,
Jim McSheehy
> In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:
> > I need to set up a GPIB test system, and my options for a controller are
> > an old 386 machine with DOS(!), or a Powerbook G3.
> >
> > Does anyone here have experience using NI's PC-Card GPIB interface in a
> > Powerbook G3? The Labview docs say it's supported, I just wonder if it is
> > fully supported. Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
>
> FULLY!
>
> Greg McKaskle
>
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