Invisible wrote:
>>> they're not using Ethernet or something less obsolete
>>
>> Which ethernet? Thick? Thin Coax? cat-5?  Test equipment like this is 

>> expected to last decades.
> 
> I should maybe point out that these mass spectrometers retail for 
> approximately £250,000 *each*. 

I'm not sure what that has to do with how "obsolete" or not GPIB is.

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