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Alpha Electronics Dynamic Integrated Digital IC Tester on eBay
by John Robertson 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

I chatted with the seller and he confirms that it does NOT power up. So chances are the battery backed up system ROM has failed. Item 390623172259 He reduced the price on his own from the original asking $59.95 to $19.95. Pity. I was hoping to find a good one to extract the program from to save mine... If someone here buys it and CAN extract the ROM data I'd sure like a copy! John :-#(# _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/

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Re: [Techtoolslist] Fluke on Mario Bros.
by David Shoemaker 20 Apr '18

20 Apr '18

Looking at the manual for the Z80QT pod and the schematic I think I am getting an expected result. I hooked up the pod and hit BUS to run the bus test. I immediately get back CTL ERR showing 00000010 this is the HALT line. Looking at the schematic it appears HALT and INT are both tied together and pulled high. So the fluke can't exercise that line. Any way to ignore that error and verify the rest of the bus test? Oh and according the manual maximum clock frequency is 8.0 mhz. Does that mean this pod support Z80A/B/C ? From: David Shoemaker [mailto:davids@oz.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 10:38 PM To: 'Technical Tools Mail List' Subject: Fluke on Mario Bros. Anyone know if you can use either the base z80 pod or the z80qt pod on Mario bros? I know it uses the Z80A but I don't know what the pod is rated at. Thanks, David _______________________________________________ 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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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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Fluke Troubleshooter volumes needed (9010/9100)
by John Robertson 06 Aug '17

06 Aug '17

Hi Folks, I was just looking through my PDFs and I find I am still missing a bunch of the "Troubleshooter". What we have are: 1983 - Vol 1 - seems complete 1984 - Vol 2 - seems complete 1985 - Vol 3 - I have #1, #2, & #3 1986 - Vol 4 - nothing 1987 - Vol 5 - only #2 1988 - Vol 6 - nothing 1989 - Vol 7 - only #2 That's all folks! Now the Troubleshooter is handy for figuring out how to test a circuit board that has a processor you don't have in your pod collection. You need to design up an adapter, but these magazines give you a good clue as to the how-to. Other handy tips abound as well, so if anyone has issues not shown if they could please scan and upload them to me, then I'll post them in the /Fluke/PDFs/Training and Troubleshooting/Fluke Troubleshooting Magazine directory on our FTP site: FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment John :-#)# -- How to subscribe or unsubscribe from TTL http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/

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Success... Fluke FIDE on a 64 Bit OS...
by William Stillwell 02 Feb '17

02 Feb '17

I have written a DosBox Wrapper that will allow FIDE to run the 16 Bit 9LC Wrapper in 64 Bit Windows Machine ( Tested on Windows 7 Enterprise 64 Bit ) You can download the compressed archive here: http://www.coinopflorida.com/fluke/DosBox_9LC.rar Just install Dos Box 0.74 to its default directory, and extract the above files into the Internal Directory of FIDE I am still tweaking it, but for now its will allow you to compile a script, and then send it using the toolbar button, the "Compile & Send" doesn't work, FIDE trys to send the file before its compiled ( I have a good idea what is causing this and can be fixed, but will need to test more ) _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/

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Wireless Enabled Fluke 9010A, Anyone?
by Brad Gass 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

Is anyone interested in (internally) wireless enabling their Fluke 9010A for communication with FIDE? It requires the factory Fluke RS232 interface, and will disable the use of the wired DB25 (although it is a reversible modification if you ever wanted to). If there is some interest, in the coming weeks I can put together some details on how I made the modifications to my two 9010A's. It does take a little time and some soldering, but makes for a tidy, self contained setup - I'm almost always glad to eliminate some copper spaghetti from the bench when I can. With enough interest, I may consider running some of the adapter PCB's I designed for myself and offer to others who are interested. --Brad _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/

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Fluke 9010A - RS-232 & USB interface!!
by John Robertson 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

FINALLY - something many of us have been thinking about for many years has come to pass. A Fluke owner in Italy has designed a nice little PCB for the 9010 that will give USB and RS-232 I/O communication capabilities! http://www.ukvac.com/forum/fs-fluke-9010a-option-1_topic339624.html His name is Piero Andreini and I suspect he is going to get a few emails on this. His email is pieroandreini(at)vodafone(dot)it Nice guy! He is looking for the usual pods by the way - 6800, 6502, 68000, and 6809. Someone needs to make these... This concept could easily be ported to the 9100 I suspect...is Ethernet next? John :-#)# -- How to subscribe or unsubscribe from TTL http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/

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Re: [Techtoolslist] leland off road pal dump needed u85
by Fabrizio Vasile 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Il 16/03/2015 21:33, Clay Cowgill ha scritto: >> I was aware of this possibility of dumping PLD like a normal EPROM but >> there could be issue with some programmers. > Shouldn't be. It's a five volt part and since you're not writing data to > the part the lack of OE shouldn't be an issue. (I suppose if you were > particularly concerned you could just buffer the output pins with a '244 > connected to the 2716's CE's and OE.) /*I mean the programmer you are going to use for dumping a PLD as EPROM must *//**//*actually drive the pins both high and low for this to work.Some programmers only drive LOW the pins and use pull-up resistors to force them HIGH. Anyway, like Charles MacDonald explain here: http://dreamjam.co.uk/emuviews/old2009.php you can also read a PAL as a 27C020 EPROM using this simple adapter: http://dreamjam.co.uk/emuviews/temp/adapter2.png *//*/*You will get a 256KB dump that can be analized with his analysing software in order to recompile equations in a GAL16V8 replacement*/ */ > > -Clay > > _______________________________________________ > Techtoolslist mailing list > Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com > https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist > FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment > Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/ > --- Questa e-mail è stata controllata per individuare virus con Avast antivirus. http://www.avast.com _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/

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Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road trac pac fluke 9010a script
by John Doe 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

this is a code snip form the MAME driver: 59/************************************* 60 * 61 * Master CPU memory handlers 62 * 63 *************************************/ 64 65static ADDRESS_MAP_START( master_map_program, AS_PROGRAM, 8, leland_state ) 66 AM_RANGE(0x0000, 0x1fff) AM_ROM 67 AM_RANGE(0x2000, 0x9fff) AM_ROMBANK("bank1") 68 AM_RANGE(0xa000, 0xdfff) AM_ROMBANK("bank2") AM_WRITE(leland_battery_ram_w) AM_SHARE("battery") 69 AM_RANGE(0xe000, 0xefff) AM_RAM 70 AM_RANGE(0xf000, 0xf3ff) AM_READWRITE(leland_gated_paletteram_r, leland_gated_paletteram_w) AM_SHARE("paletteram") 71 AM_RANGE(0xf800, 0xf801) AM_WRITE(leland_master_video_addr_w) 72 ADDRESS_MAP_END 73 74 75static ADDRESS_MAP_START( master_map_io, AS_IO, 8, leland_state ) 76 ADDRESS_MAP_GLOBAL_MASK(0xff) 77 AM_RANGE(0xf0, 0xf0) AM_WRITE(leland_master_alt_bankswitch_w) 78 AM_RANGE(0xf2, 0xf2) AM_DEVREADWRITE_LEGACY("custom", leland_80186_response_r, leland_80186_command_lo_w) 79 AM_RANGE(0xf4, 0xf4) AM _DEVWRITE_LEGACY("custom", leland_80186_command_hi_w) 80 AM_RANGE(0xfd, 0xff) AM_READWRITE(leland_master_analog_key_r, leland_master_analog_key_w) 81 ADDRESS_MAP_END 82 83 84 85/************************************* 86 * 87 * Slave CPU memory handlers 88 * 89 *************************************/ 90 91static ADDRESS_MAP_START( slave_small_map_program, AS_PROGRAM, 8, leland_state ) 92 AM_RANGE(0x0000, 0x1fff) AM_ROM 93 AM_RANGE(0x2000, 0xdfff) AM_ROMBANK("bank3") 94 AM_RANGE(0xe000, 0xefff) AM_RAM 95 AM_RANGE(0xf800, 0xf801) AM_WRITE(leland_slave_video_addr_w) 96 AM_RANGE(0xf802, 0xf802) AM_READ(leland_raster_r) 97 AM_RANGE(0xf803, 0xf803) AM_WRITE(leland_slave_small_banksw_w) 98 ADDRESS_MAP_END 99 100 101static ADDRESS_MAP_START( slave_large_map_program, AS_PROGRAM, 8, leland_state ) 102 AM_RANGE(0x0000, 0x1fff) AM_ROM 103 AM_RANGE(0x4000, 0xbfff) AM_ROMBANK("bank3") 104 AM_RANGE(0xc000, 0xc000) AM_WRITE(leland_slave_large_banksw_w) 105 AM_RANGE(0xe000, 0 xefff) AM_RAM 106 AM_RANGE(0xf800, 0xf801) AM_WRITE(leland_slave_video_addr_w) 107 AM_RANGE(0xf802, 0xf802) AM_READ(leland_raster_r) 108 ADDRESS_MAP_END 109 110 111static ADDRESS_MAP_START( slave_map_io, AS_IO, 8, leland_state ) 112 ADDRESS_MAP_GLOBAL_MASK(0xff) 113 AM_RANGE(0x00, 0x1f) AM_READWRITE(leland_svram_port_r, leland_svram_port_w) 114 AM_RANGE(0x40, 0x5f) AM_READWRITE(leland_svram_port_r, leland_svram_port_w) 115 ADDRESS_MAP_END 116look at it and you'll find the memory map... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 14:05:03 -0500 From: "sales htbs" <sales(a)htbsusa.com> Subject: [Techtoolslist] Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road trac pac fluke 9010a script To: "'Technical Tools Mail List'" <techtoolslist(a)flippers.com> Message-ID: <003e01ced990$c4893f10$4d9bbd30$@com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road trac pac fluke 9010a script Anyone have a script for Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road trac pac fluke 9010a script I tried to learn a good board and it did not work I cannot find a memory map for this on quarter arcade I ran the Leland test for bottom board I have 3 board sets that I am working on 1 has the split screen track on top Other 2 were dead Any help would be great Thanks tony @ hi-tech ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist@flippe rs.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist End of Techtoolslist Digest, Vol 107, Issue 2 ********************************************* _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/

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Fluke 9132
by Tony Jones 26 Dec '15

26 Dec '15

Hi. ftp://ftp.flippers.com/TTL/TestEquipment/Fluke/Fluke_9XXX%20Series%20Status… shows cpu personality modules for 9132A-[CPU] and 9132FT-[CPU]. Also single 9132FT-ROM universal ROM adapter rather than several 9132A-0XX #pins rom adapter. I'm assuming that the 9132A modules/etc don't work in the 9132FT? Anyone know? tony _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist(a)flippers.com https://pairlist7.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist FTP site is: ftp://ttl.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment Archive site: http://seven.pairlist.net/pipermail/techtoolslist/

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