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In article <561@dsachg1.UUCP>, zdb1526@dsachg1.UUCP (kelly pearce) writes:
> We are considering using IBM's ARTIC card....
>                                   Trouble is, IBM isn't at all sure if the
> card will work in any other machine other than an true-blue IBM :-(....

You should be able to use a clone.  I would try out a specific configuration
before committing to it.

I'm working on a project that uses two Artics per PC-AT "subsystem
controller."  The target machine is an IBM 7532 industrial PC, but we do
all our development on a Hewlett-Packard Vectra AT-clone.  We also tried
(briefly) AT-clones by AST and Acer, and the Artics seemed happy enough
in those machines.

By the way, one of our Artics came from Allen-Bradley, which OEMs it under
their own name.  A-B happened to have 'em in stock.

We don't use much IBM-supplied software on the Artic.  Quadron Service Corp.
(Santa Barbara, CA; 805-966-6424) sells packages called QCF and QMON that
provide a C language interface to a multitasking monitor.  We used their
low-level I/O functions and our own protocol handlers to talk to the various
devices in our subsystem (IBM robot, G&L programmable controller, IRI vision
system, and a barcode reader).

Hope this helps.

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