[time-nuts] Basic question regarding comparing two frequencies

[jimlux]

J. Forster wrote:
> "..  more generic interface." ??
> 
> The vast majority of professional test equipment has GPIB. Virtually
> anything else is an "also ran".
> 
> FWIW,
> 
> -John
> 
>

these days, ethernet and USB are becoming more popular.  My own 
preference is Ethernet and I long for the day when I can ditch the last 
GPIB cable (and the stacking connectors where you always seem to need 
the one on the bottom of the stack)  Yes, GPIB provides some clever 
triggering across the interface, useful for things like sweepers and 
vector voltmeters, but I suspect that it's not much used these days.. 
rather you wind up sending binary or ascii strings across the interface.