[time-nuts] 82357B GPIB USB from China

[J. L. Trantham]

There also appears to be a ton of 'genuine' Agilent 82357B's from China some
selling for under $155 with free shipping (to US and UK).  

Quite the 'dump' of technology.  I wonder if there is a USB 3.0 version
coming out soon?

Joe

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Subject: [time-nuts] 82357B GPIB USB from China

My apologies if this is in the archives.  I could not find any discussion
about it.

A seller on Ebay is offering a USB-GPIB interface equivalent to the Agilent
82357B:

 
http://www.ebay.com/itm/82357B-GPIB-USB-Interface-Compatible-with-AGILENT-82
357B-/261270515849?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cd4efb089

or

  http://tinyurl.com/qbsjjmr

Has anyone here tried this?  In particular, can it be made to work under
Linux?

I have the Prologix unit which works great with simple PERL scripts under
Linux, but always looking for a bargain!

Thanks,

-- 
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