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Fluke 9000A mystery adapter (for me at least ;-)
by John Robertson 20 Feb '18

20 Feb '18

I have a pod module here called "Z8 I/F ADAPTER" Fluke #9000-200/AB. It has no cable to the base, just a 40 pin CPU cable. Inside is a couple of RAM chips, and some Fluke hybrid interface ICs. Any guesses? John :-#)#

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Any Taito Bench Tester documentation available?
by James Marous 04 Feb '14

04 Feb '14

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Re: Cracking the 9010A ROM signature generator
by Kev 02 Feb '13

02 Feb '13

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Fluke 9000a-8051 Manual
by Ed Osborne 10 Sep '12

10 Sep '12

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Fluke 90 Series Manuals
by Matt Rossiter 29 Oct '10

29 Oct '10

Does anyone happen to know if these are available online somewhere? I have them and I'm just wondering if I should scan them in. The two I have are: 1) 90 Series uP Board Tester - User's Manual 2) Quicktools for the IBM PC - User's Manual Matt _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist

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Fluke 9010a Troubleshooting w/ Omega Race
by Matt Rossiter 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

This might be more of a Vectorlist question, but I thought I might try here. Right now I'm using a 100% working Omega Race boardset to make sure I have the correct setup using the Fluke 9010a and Z80 Pod. First of all, the boardset just won't run with the Z80 Pod. I can see that the Reset line is pulsing. It won't run if I disable the watchdog circuit either. *sometimes* I can get it to do a Quick Ram Test successfully. Other times I get data error messages and if I do a bus test it will report a bunch of data lines tied together. Of course, if I put a normal z80 processor back in the game works perfectly fine. So, I'm just wondering if anyone out there knows how to properly setup an Omega Race boardset for troubleshooting with the Fluke 9010a and Z80 pod. This Pod should be working fine since I used it recently on a Pac-Man. thanks Matt _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist

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Re: [Techtoolslist] Data I/O and Windows XP
by Matt Rossiter 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Thanks Mike! Let me just confirm a couple of things if you don't mind. 1) I'm using the same cable/null modem that works when I'm using Windows98 - Is that fine? 2) On my computer settings I have the serial port configured as Com1, 9600, 8, none, 1, and hardware flow control enabled. - does that sound good? My other option for flow control is XON/XOFF. 3) In the promlink configuration I have the programmer port set to Com1, 9600, 8, none, and 1. There's no option to set flow control. Is there a way to set that in Promlink? I tried the new PL.SET file but now it complains about Port1 and Port2. I can't communicate with the programmer at all. Just wondering if I'm missing something. Thanks for all the help. Matt >> On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:40:37 +0100, Mike Coates <mike(a)the-coates.com> >> wrote: >>> I've used promlink on XP without problem (but then I patched it!) >>> >>> If you have no flow control, you are losing data during the transfer - >>> simple commands are only a single byte, but file transfer either way is > >>> going to send large amounts of info. >>> >>> you also say you are using com1, but the error indicates that it's >>> trying to use com2 initially - I've attached my config file, def. com1 > - >>> but with flow control enabled - has worked for me using a cable made to > >>> the specs on the leopardcats web page. >>> >>> >>> >>> Matt Rossiter wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I'm hooking up a laptop to a Data I/O UniPak 2B Eprom Programmer and >>>> connected through a USB to Serial adapter made by Airlink. I'm using >>>> Promlink 6.10, which is the patched version from MikesArcade.com. >>>> >>>> http://mikesarcade.com/arcade/promlink.html >>>> >>>> My Settings are Com1, 9600 Baud, Parity None, Data Bits 8, Stop Bits 1 >>> and >>>> of course flow control is off. I/O Format is current set to Absolute >>>> Binary. >>>> >>>> I've read some of the threads before on this and I seem to be running >>> into >>>> a similar problem regarding trying to send and receive eprom data. I >>> can >>>> do things such as blank checks, selecting devices, reading eproms, > etc. >>>> >>>> 1) First of all, when I initially start up Promlink, I always get > this >>>> message "16 Bit MS-DOS Subsystem - pl.exe The system cannot open Com2 >>> port >>>> requested by the application. Choose 'Close' to terminate the >>> application. >>>> >>>> Rather than choosing 'Close' I click 'Ignore' and get in. >>>> >>>> 2) When I read eproms, I can do so and get a sumcheck, but if I save >>> them >>>> to a file I can't identify the file using romident. >>>> >>>> 3) When I try to send a file to the programmer I will see a progress > bar >>>> quickly go to 100% and it will wait indefinitely with a "Waiting for >>>> programmer response..." message. >> _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ftp.flippers.com/TTL/TestEquipment

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Data I/O and Windows XP
by Matt Rossiter 24 Jul '08

24 Jul '08

Hello, I'm hooking up a laptop to a Data I/O UniPak 2B Eprom Programmer and connected through a USB to Serial adapter made by Airlink. I'm using Promlink 6.10, which is the patched version from MikesArcade.com. http://mikesarcade.com/arcade/promlink.html My Settings are Com1, 9600 Baud, Parity None, Data Bits 8, Stop Bits 1 and of course flow control is off. I/O Format is current set to Absolute Binary. I've read some of the threads before on this and I seem to be running into a similar problem regarding trying to send and receive eprom data. I can do things such as blank checks, selecting devices, reading eproms, etc. 1) First of all, when I initially start up Promlink, I always get this message "16 Bit MS-DOS Subsystem - pl.exe The system cannot open Com2 port requested by the application. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application. Rather than choosing 'Close' I click 'Ignore' and get in. 2) When I read eproms, I can do so and get a sumcheck, but if I save them to a file I can't identify the file using romident. 3) When I try to send a file to the programmer I will see a progress bar quickly go to 100% and it will wait indefinitely with a "Waiting for programmer response..." message. I've also tried changing a few port settings including lowering or turning off the buffers. I'm just wondering if anyone else has been able to work around a similar problem? Up until now I've always used Windows98 and using an older version of promlink but it would be nice to use WindowsXP if possible. Thanks! Matt _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ftp.flippers.com/TTL/TestEquipment

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