I need a little advice...

[Gregory Conway]

I've got a bit of a problem here that maybe you can help me with.  I work
in a research lab that makes heavy use of interfacing with various lab
equipment.  ALL of our interfacing (if possible that is - which 95% of
the time it is) is done over a HPIB (Hewlett Packard Interface Bus) or,
equivalently, GPIB (General Purpose Interface Bus).  Anyway, we have
recently acquired an AT and we have to interface it.  The point - I need
recommendations on what is a good interface board for this purpose.  

Key Point:  The board will be implemented in C!!  This is where you come in
handy.  Does anyone have experience doing something like this?  If so, what
board did you use and how did it work out?

On a related note, we also are still deciding which C compiler to use.
The compiler MUST support extensive graphics, as we are constantly writing
graph routines for the data we collect from the machines in the lab.  
Multi-color screen graphs (EGA) and plotter support is a must.  At the moment,
I am leaning heavy toward Turbo C.  Anybody have an opinion?  Thanks for
any help you may have!
 

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