National Instruments GPIB-PC - Manual (Page 6)

Preface
GPIB-PC User Manual vi ©National Instruments Corp.
• A Getting Started with your GPIB-PC pamphlet. The pamphlet
contains the directions with a minimum of explanations for
installing your hardware and software in your GPIB system.
• A GPIB-PC distribution diskette. The distribution diskette is part
of the GPIB-PC package. It contains the DOS handler, BASICA
and QuickBASIC language interfaces, and other programs.
• A GPIB-PC User Manual. The manual contains descriptions of
the GPIB-PC handler functions, BASICA, and QuickBASIC
language interfaces to the handler.
• A Programmer Reference Guide for BASIC.
• A supplement to Section Two of the manual describing your
particular interface board and how to install it in your personal
computer.
For a language other than BASICA and QuickBASIC, you also need:
• An additional GPIB-PC distribution diskette containing the
software for that language.
• A supplement to Section Four describing the GPIB functions in
the syntax and semantics of that language.
• A Programmer Reference Guide for that language.
Who Are Our Users?
Most of our users have experience in technological fields and with
computers.
How to Get Started
If you already have experience with the GPIB, you may wish to turn
directly to the Getting Started with your GPIB-PC pamphlet that was
shipped with your hardware. It contains directions, with a minimum of
explanations, for installing your hardware and software in your GPIB
system.
If you are less experienced or want more information than the pamphlet
provides, read this GPIB-PC User Manual. It explains in detail all of the
information you will need for the proper operation of the GPIB-PC.