According to National Instruments, the NB-GPIB card is not slot-dependent
and works without any problem in the Macintosh IIci. However, an early
revision of this card (Rev D.1) had a compatibility problem with some
systems. The problem was with one noise logic chip on the card, the AS02
at card location U19. The Rev D.2 NB-GPIB cards have an LS02 at location
U19.
You can exchange the Rev D.1 card with National Instruments for a card
that have the LS02 installed. Or, you can upgrade a Rev D.1 NB-GPIB card
to Rev D.2, by changing the IC at U19 from the AS02 to an LS02. However,
users who change the chip will void the warranty on the NB-GPIB card.
Note: when running the NB-GPIB card test utility, the card may show a
failure, depending on the version of the software used. Below is a
listing of the software revisions.
Software
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Release 3.0
PIO: Pass
DMA: Pass
ibconf: Pass
Release 2.3
PIO: Pass
DMA: Fail
ibconf: Pass
Release 2.2
PIO: Pass
DMA: Fail
ibconf: Fail