I know this is going to make the hobbyists cringe, but I believe
you can buy such a device for a couple hundred dollars.

-mike
mfahrion@bb-elec.com

> Okay, here's the story:
>    There's a spectrum analyzer here were I work that I want to get
> printouts from  (an HP8590E, circa 1990).  I guess when it was made,
> a Centronics port wasn't standard like the HP8593L that I borrowed.
> It will print to an HPIB port equipped printer, but I don't have one!
>
>    So, has anyone worked on, know about, successfully coded a PIC
> to convert from HPIB to centronics parallel port?  Any info is
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Dave
>
>