Wiardgroup

doc,

>i also know that there are devices that will fake the EPROM socket on
>a miniwave into believing it is reading an EPROM chip when it is in
>fact accessing a PC file directly through a ribbon cable but that's
>about as close to a direct graphic interface as i believe can be
>achieved

that sounds closer to what I'd really like to find...

I've been looking at usb/ethernet daq devices, some provide multiple
high resolution voltage outputs, but the price is still quite high
(let aside the software programming...), and the critical point (for
sequencing/control voltage generation) is timing : a suitable
interface would allow tu use the computer as a completely passive
memory/transfert function device, free of software pacing issues...

I still think this is THE way to go, but I'm sure the wiard marf will
be nice enough...time for getting an old pc and a prom burner...