July 2002 - TechToolsList - listserv.classicarcade.com

Fluke 9100 and CDP1806 micro availability
by Jeff George 22 Jul '02

22 Jul '02

Helllo, My name is Jeff and I am new to this list. I repair old industrial electronics. I have used a fluke 9010/9100 tester a little in the past. I just purchased one off of ebay a week or so ago. First, Does anybody know where I can find 1802 type micros and related chips ( CDP1806,CDP6823, CDP6853...). www.usbid.com has anything if you are willing to go broke buying it. In general, where do you go to look for old chips? I also have a couple of 9100 questions... How easy is it to find a SCSI interface for it? When I try to go into edit mode, I get a "keyboard not present" message when the keyboard IS there. Is this a common problem? Also...Does anyone have a 6908 pod they want to sell ? Thanks, Jeff

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Tech Tip: Batteries in your test equipment?
by John Robertson 21 Jul '02

21 Jul '02

Folks, if you use a piece of test equipment that stores settings after the power is off then you have either a battery or Memory Cap (SuperCap) inside. If it is a battery then you run a very serious risk of damage to the test equipment if the battery was to leak! What comes out is potassium hydroxide (an Alkaline (BASE)) and it will destroy the traces and components close to it. Or even a fair distance depending on how the vapors flow.... I have a web page devoted to battery leakage (Pinballs, but the same idea is pervasive) @ www.flippers.com/battery.html Please check your equipment out!!! My Arium ML4400's battery was just starting to leak - crystals appearing on the outside of the battery but still inside the rubber cap - no damage... John :-#)#

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Wow! Are the 6809 pods L@@K RARE?
by steve＠coule.freeserve.co.uk 21 Jul '02

21 Jul '02

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Re: How do you guys organize your ICs?
by Kurt Mahan 17 Jul '02

17 Jul '02

For small quantities of ICs (and everything else) I've got a wall of little drawer assemblies -- and I only put 1 IC type/drawer (no drawer subdivisions) so if I rearrange I don't have to relabel. I've still got lots of tubes -- I just label those and try and keep them all in the same place. And hope to hell my memory is better then it actually is. I've got 15 of those 6x10 (60) drawer sets mounted on a wall, with a few more sitting in front. The trick is to get in the habit of always putting the parts in drawers (and labelling!) when you get them. Not just piling them up. I also try and arrange by categories -- one drawer set for caps, one for resistors, one for SMT caps/resistors, etc. That of course is a wonderful plan. In reality, well, use big lettering on your labels so you can find things easier.. :) I use a sharpie and stick on mailing labels (which has the added bonus of peeling off if I change things.. After a while you find that you don't have too many duplicate drawers.. :) Kurt > Okay, we've all got ICs all over the place. How do you store/catergorize & > organize your ICs? > > I prefer to keep mine in tubes but then I've got 100s of tubes. > > I use some of the small drawers for smaller quantities & smaller chips but > once I set up a label for each drawer I find a need to change things > (additons). > > I've seen one tech work bench where he took the Wico catalog & lableled > everything with drawer numbers. Handy but not intuiative. > > Thanks, > Kev

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Arium ML4100
by John Robertson 13 Jul '02

13 Jul '02

I have a working Arium ML4100 (no pods) for trade or best offer. Will include a good photocopy of the manual. Anyone want one? You will need a pod or two to make it useful...it doesn't use Fluke pods either... John :-#)#

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Re: Fluke 9100 available...
by Kev 13 Jul '02

13 Jul '02

Very good point Alex, I'll contact them next week to see if they do offer "reconditioning". I highly suspect that they don't but we might get lucky. I've got high hopes for getting the information we are looking for. Kev >Well, it could be worse. Are they providing any kind of warranty? If >so, I'll bet they have the utility software that we've all been looking for. > >[Thinking aloud] If they can "recondition" their 9100s, then maybe they can >"recondition" some of the dead drives that are floating around out here at a >somewhat lower price. > >Alex >---- >http://www.elektronforge.com >ayeckley(a)elektronforge.com > >

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80188 Fluke pods for parts
by Corey Stup 11 Jul '02

11 Jul '02

Could anyone use some 80188 pods for parts? I have two pods, both have had their pod->9010A cable removed, but the probe/ZIF are still good, and the boards don't appear to have been robbed of anything. One has a fan tie wrapped to the top for some reason. I'd like to find these a good home for someone that actually uses 188 pods for something. Email if interested.

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Death of Spies.com/arcade
by Corey Stup 09 Jul '02

09 Jul '02

Looks like Al took the site down. Damon has a mirror, at www.stormaster.com/Spies/arcade

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RE: 9100 keyboard!!!!!
by Chris Toseland 02 Jul '02

02 Jul '02

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9100 keyboard!!!!!
by John Robertson 01 Jul '02

01 Jul '02

I just found a work around for this: Find an XT keyboard (an AT/XT will work), next when you press the EDIT key on the 9100 plug the keyboard in a fraction of a second AFTER you press the EDIT key. Have your old colour monitor plugged in and the EDIT window APPEARS!!! Whoppie! Thus it appears that the Fluke uses a boring old XT keyboard with the ACTIVE RESET wire that was dropped in the later keyboards wiring cable. I am next going to attempt to run the wire from the 9100 directly to the RESET line of the 8048 in my old keyboard and see if that works... John :-#)#

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