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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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PAL Dumping using your ABI Boardmaster 4000
by Mike Coates 27 Apr '10

27 Apr '10

and probably other models. Script and PC based utility on my webpage at www.arcades.org.uk It only handles 20 pin PAL's with combination logic at the moment, but will hopefully be improved to cope with registered output at some point in the future. anyway, RC1 (as microsoft say) - it seems to work on my setup, so if you have a use for it, then please help yourself. _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ftp.flippers.com/TTL/TestEquipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/

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ABI Boardmaster 4000 keyboards
by Tim Matthews 09 Apr '10

09 Apr '10

Hi all. I recently acquired a pair of keyboards for the ABI Boardmaster 4000. I'd been looking for ages so am pretty pleased :) Anyway, given how long it took me to track one down I figured they must be pretty rare so I thought it was worth documenting what I've found in case anybody else is looking to program their ABI. For a start the connector is a DIN type 3 pin so I figure power and clocked data. I have yet to verify this on a scope. Inside is the part number "Cherry 601-1118" in solder and Model number: 680-0486H/05 on a Cherry label. Googling these part numbers shows hits for this keyboard being used in CNC machines so there may be quite a few out there. The main IC is an Intel MAB 8048H (Datasheet here: http://pdf.chinaicmart.com/MAB/MAB8035HL.pdf) which is a basic MCU with 1kB of onboard mask ROM. I figure the Cherry ID and mask rom is a good sign that these are generic serial keyboards so it may be possible to interface some similar models to the ABI. I considered whether the mask ROM might contain custom code but the chip markings appear to be as-standard so I'm hoping it's just plain keyboard matrix decoding & serial RX/TX code. I've (very briefly) thought about dumping the mask ROM, probably by attaching some RAM and writing a trojan to dump it. I'm happy to give this a try if there is any interest. Other than the MCU there are a trio of LS08s, a 159, a 5.185 MHz crystal and a few resistors and caps. The PCB is a single-sided design and very simple so it wouldn't be too hard to produce a schematic if anybody needs to reproduce it. So, are there a large number of ABI users out there who are desperate for a keyboard? If not then I'll probably only document this for historical purposes and not bother dumping the MCU ROM. I'm also looking for any leads on the Masterlink software that ABI used to provide a kind of HP-IB control interface. Any info on the software, docs or the supposed replacement PAL which is meant to come with the kit would be very much appreciated. thanks, tim _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ftp.flippers.com/TTL/TestEquipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/

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RE: Request to mailing list Techtoolslist rejected
by Sohaib Aslam 09 Apr '10

09 Apr '10

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ABI Boardmaster 4000 Timekeeper ram
by Andrew Welburn 08 Apr '10

08 Apr '10

hi all.. Most owners of these systems will probably have crapped out time/date and settings that wont save because of the timekeeper ram that is past its use-by date. (they're good for 10 years). The original is an ST M48T02-120PC1 .. i've found this to be quite pricey when looking, so i looked at the spec and wondered if i could get a cheaper type replacement to work.. and i found that the M48T12-150PC1 works in place of it just fine in the ABI... the T12's appear to be easier to source, and half the price :) Just thought i'd post my findings... Andrew Welburn www.andys-arcade.com _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ftp.flippers.com/TTL/TestEquipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/

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