Advantages
- Simple hardware interface
- Ease of connecting multiple device to a single host
- Allows mixing of slow and fast devices
- Well-established and mature, widely supported
- Rugged connectors, held in place by screws, means cables can't easily be accidentally removed as they can with Firewire and USB
[edit]Disadvantages
- Mechanically bulky connectors and cables
- Limited speed and expansion
- Lack of command protocol standards (before SCPI)
- Implementation options (e.g. end of transmission handling) can complicate interoperability in pre-IEEE-488.2 devices
- No mandatory galvanic isolation between bus and devices
- High cost (compared to RS-232/USB/Firewire/Ethernet)
- Limited availability (again compared to RS-232/USB/Firewire/Ethernet)
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