>>>> 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.

Point being that if you pay a quarter of a million dollars for 
something, you don't expect to replace it in 6 months' time.

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