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booting 9100 from floppies
by Mark Hooks 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

"just hold down SOFTKEY-F2-F4 " Just to remind those trying this, you must first upgrade the ROMs on the PCB before that command works. I tried it with version 2 ROMs and it wouldn't recognize that series of keystrokes. ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:21:05 -0500 From: Corey Stup <Corey(a)Stup.net> Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] booting 9100 from floppies To: Technical Tools Mail List <techtoolslist(a)flippers.com> Message-ID: <4593EEF1.1080604(a)Stup.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > of course, i havn't got even to that stage yet because i can't get my 9100 > to boot from floppy, i had assumed putting the disk in and switching on it > should find the disk and try to run off that, but no luck for me trying > that... > > any thoughts? > Make a set ofthe 6.0 images. The 6.1's can't be trusted. I have a set of 6.1 data, and honestly its minimally different from 6.0. Somewhere I have notes that show which binaries/libraries have any differences at all. Anyway, to boot from floppy, just hold down SOFTKEY-F2-F4 while booting. It will skip the HD and attempt to load from floppy. ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist

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booting 9100 from floppies
by andy 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

hi all. Well I spent most of yesterday and this morning finding a way to make floppy disk images using Teledisk, boy was that a painful process..... (3 versions of teledisk later, and using a 486dx4-75 laptop to get it working..) so now i have some disks made up, i want to get my 9100 to boot them.. but can i heck. Late last night i'm sure i saw a pdf that had a software install procedure, but i can't for the life of me find it now, i have looked on flippers again for it, but can't find it, forest for the trees... can anyone let us know how to make the 9100 boot from floppy, or remind me of the pdf file that i saw so i can just get on with it myself? this is driving me crackers... ultimately i am going to try to upgrade my system software from 4.1 to 6.0 (i searched TTL and found that the 6.1 disk images are bad - john can you mark these as bad in the ftp? i wasted quite a bit of time before finding this out heh) and also upgrade the feeble 2mb ram to 4mb or whatever i can get to work... i also need to get the videocard that i have installed to work too.... but first things first i want to get the software upgraded.... thanks! Andy _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist

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Data IO 29A
by Jose Luiz Martins 27 Dec '06

27 Dec '06

Hi Folks, Some time ago, someone put many inforation about Data IO 29A, such as cable configuration and specific software. Once I've lost all my emails, could someone re-send it to me please ? Thank you very much ! José Luiz Martins _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist

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Fluke 9100 Woes, Memory Dip Settings Needed
by Mark Hooks 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

I just picked up a couple of 9100s with problems. One hangs up in memory test. I'm thinking it may not have the dip switch settings set up right. I've searched and searched but can't find the settings in the documentation. I'd appreciate it if someone could send them to me or point me to a manual that has them. The second one doesn't even get that far. It hangs up with no display and the Run UUT and Disk Access LEDs lit. Any ideas on how to get these running would be appreciated. Mark Hooks _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist

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Fluke 9010
by Chris Toseland 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

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ABI boardmaster/DDI-40xp programming manual scans.
by Larkins 18 Dec '06

18 Dec '06

Hello all, I have a scan of the programming manual for the board master 4000 and DDS-40XP. I am waiting to complete a reinstallation before I attempt to convert the jpg images into a pdf document using the tip another member gave on image magic command line tools (thanks for the tip!). While I am at it I also have a manual for the 9132a memory interface pod which I will scan and send in along with the installation disk. While I am at it I was wondering if anyone has any information on the 3pin DIN style of keyboard interface these units use as it looks to be a very useful programming language and would like to see what my DDS-40XP is capable of. I have 2 bag fulls of old chips an old arcade operator gave me but some of the chips are not in the built in library so was thinking of adding to the library. Just another thought since the FTP site doesn't have any info on this brand of test equipment I will send in the firmware I read a while back. I assume I send all of this to you John? Or is there another way? Thanks Regards Steve _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist

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