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Fluke 9110FT SPECTRUM-TX diskettes imaged
by Martin Olsson 10 May '23

10 May '23

Hi all! I bought a Fluke 9110FT setup and with that setup came the SPECTRUM-TX diskettes which I now have imaged and uploaded to the "/TTL/Test_Equipment/Fluke/9100 Series" folder on John's FTP site. Inside the ZIP archive is a ReadMe with more details about the images etc. I haven't tested the images myself but I think they should probably work as the original diskettes was error free. Enjoy! /Martin! _______________________________________________ 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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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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9100FT Programmer’s Keyboard
by Ian Eure 08 Oct '18

08 Oct '18

I finally tracked down a Programmer’s Keyboard for my 9100. I don’t know how widely it’s known, but there were two different versions of the keyboard. The only photos I’ve seen are the earlier model, which meant that I almost let this one slip away. It was on eBay, new old stock, for $36 shipped! All the info is in the manuals, if you look. I had always wondered why the keyboard illustrations in the Programmer’s Manual didn’t match the photos of the keyboard I’d seen. It’s because I read scans of a later (1991) printing, which has illustrations of the later revision of the keyboard. I haven’t seen a 1988 printing, but I bet it shows the earlier keyboard layout. The various 9100 service manuals list different part numbers: 9100A Supplemental Parts List (May 1988), fig. 5-21, p. 5-53 ---- Lists p/n 5-64995-131. This seems to be the more common version of the keyboard. It has a block of (mostly) 2u keys on the far right, angled RETURN key, and arrows by the SHIFT and RETURN keys. Photo: https://i.imgur.com/undefined.png The Service Manual which this is a supplement to (9100A Service Manual p/n 809210, May 1988) only lists the Fluke stock number, 757120, in fig. 5-20 on p. 5-50. 9100FT Service Manual (p/n 910476, November 1991), fig. 5-18, p. 5-49 ---- This has new stock and parts numbers. s/n 887216, p/n E04008051. The later revision more closely resembles a 1990s 101-key PC keyboard, with separate numpad and arrow keys. It seems to work fine on a 9100A. Since this an uncommon keyboard, I naturally tore it apart and took some photos of the inside before even plugging it in. These are available on https://www.dropbox.com/s/sa34h6252476012/9100FT-Keyboard.zip?dl=0, and probably ought to go into the TTL FTP. It seems to be second-sourced from KeyTronics, which might explain the lack of documentation (schematics, etc) in the Fluke service manuals. Even though it looks like a PC keyboard, it uses uncommon capacative (hybrid mechanical) switches mounted on a metal plate, and feels much sturdier than the 1990s rubber dome board I was expecting. The controller is an 8031, with the program in a 2764 EPROM. I’m going to see if I can dump it, though it’s soldered in and I’d prefer not to remove it. There are two DIP switches which are accessible via a panel on the bottom. I have no idea what (if anything) they do. I’ve built a few keyboards from kits, so I was hoping that with a good look inside, it might be possible build a reproduction with the same microcontroller and program. While the 8031/2764 is excellent news for this, the rest is a downer. There’s an Exar 22-00958-000 IC which handles the capacitive keyswitches and provides keypress data to the 8031. It looks like the switches and controller are hard to come by, which renders the program on the EPROM useless. Still, maybe someone could adapt another KeyTronics board, as they seem to be fairly similar. Here’s a couple pages I found that have info on KeyTronics keyboards, and might be useful. http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?58612-Key-Tronic-KB3270-Plus-ROM-… http://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/kb3270.html https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=37968.0 -- Ian _______________________________________________ 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 006/async self-test
by Tony Jones 17 Aug '18

17 Aug '18

Hi. Has anyone else tried to perform the self-test for the 9010 async module? It is documented on pages 2-13 and 2-14 of the Asynchronous Signature Probe Option 9000A-006 Operation Manual: (http://files.stardustarcade.com/Test%20Equipment/Fluke/PDFs/9000A-006%20Asy…) I'm using the archive of side-a of the tape from ftp://ftp.flippers.com/TTL/TestEquipment/Fluke/9010%20Series/9010A%20Tapes/… (which I think came from Matt Rossiter - http://www.vectorlist.org/TechTools/2011/06/0008.html) I believe the hardware specific binaries are present and executing however I'm unable to successfully pass self-test. I constantly get 0000/255 rather than BB34/256. I interpreted steps 3, 4 and 5 below to mean that I could connect green, yellow and the probe tip to one lead of the 33 ohm resistor and connect red, blue, black and probe ground to the other lead (as that's a lot easier than trying to hang everything off the tips). I'm also not seeing a "data delay" option in the 9010 setup menu so I'm unable to set it to 4. Curious if anyone else gets the expected result? Thanks for your time Tony instructions: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Connect the start and clock (green and yellow) leads of the Clock Module to the tip of the data probe. 4. Connect the stop (red), enable (blue), and ground (black) leads to the data probe ground lead. 5. Connect a 33-ohm, 1/4-watt resistor across the group of connections made in step 3 and the group of connections made in step 4. (The resistor connects so that the data probe tip is shunted to the ground lead.). 7. For the Model 9020A, run the example program listed in Section 6, paragraph 6-5. For the 9005A and 9010A, refer to Initialization of the Signature Function and: - Set the start signal to a rising edge - Sect the clock signal to a falling edge - Set the stop counter to 256 (The clock limit count provides an end to the gate time in lieu of a stop signal.) - Set the data transition (event) count to gated - Set the enable signal to low - Set the data delay to 4 - Press the PULSE HIGH key on the Troubleshooter. - Press the READ PROBE key, and the display reads WAIT followed by SIGNATURE BB34 COUNT 256 Any other signature or count indicates a problem with the Signature Module, the Clock Module, or the Troubleshooter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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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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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FT: Fluke probe->Fluke keyboard
by Tony Jones 25 Jan '18

25 Jan '18

I already have a 9100FT keyboard but I'm looking for a second (Fluke original; not a hacked Keytronic or PS/2 adapter). I have several additional Fluke 9100A and 9010A probes. Curious if anyone has an excess of keyboards and needs a probe? Please email me off list if this is of interest. Thanks! _______________________________________________ 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 68000 pod version 6 firmware
by Tony Jones 25 Jan '18

25 Jan '18

Hi. I'm repairing a couple of 68000 pods at present and it reminded me that I'd always wanted to dig deeper into this. Does anyone have a 68000 pod running version 6 of the firmware? It's documented in rev 2 of the pod manual, and the code resides on larger 2764 EPROMs to implement the additional QT. I've owned six 68k pods and I've never seen anything higher than rev 5. You can get your pod version (on a 9010) by reading F0000012 (after taking the pod out of self-test of course). Output format is hex x0 where x is the major version. Not sure how to do this on a 9100 as it won't process addresses outside of what it knows as the 24bit address space, maybe TL/1. I need to dig deeper into the schematics to see how this is implemented on the hw (and what the upgrade path is). The three 68000 pods I have at present, all have the pads present for the larger 28 pin sockets (on their cpu boards) but only a 24 pin socket installed. The cpu board part# and the U9 PAL part# are the same in both versions of the manual, only the EPROM part#'s differ which is curious as obviously the pin addressing differs between a 2732 and 2764. 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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USB Keyboard Adapter for Fluke 9100 Series
by William Stillwell 24 Jan '18

24 Jan '18

I have finished the preliminary code for the Fluke USB Adapter. Items that would be needed: Teensy 3.6 ( pjrc or digikey part # 1568-1442-ND ) -- MUST BE a Teensy 3.6 Logic Level Converter - Bi Directional ( SparkFun ) or Digikey ( 1568-1209-ND ) ~ Or make your own. USB Header ( pjrc or Digikey Part # ED2989-ND ) ( or cut the end of the keyboard cable off ) 5pin Dinn Connector ( Digikey Part # SC1605-ND ) I plan on having a a page up in the week with wiring diagram and files up on my github. William Stillwell Board Member - Inspiration labs, Inc. a 501c3 organization Board Member & Co-Founder - Byte Amusement Group // Free Play Florida Arcade & Pinball Show a 501c3 organization Board Member - Clearwater Amateur Radio Society _______________________________________________ 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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Emacs modes for Fluke scripts
by Ian Eure 22 Jan '18

22 Jan '18

I’ve had these kicking around in some form or another for a few years, but finally got things cleaned up enough to release. There’s one for 9010a 9LC scripts, and another for TL/1 programs. Both support syntax highlighting and indentation. Probably nobody else cares, but I thought I’d share just in case. I’ve been using Emacs for a good couple of decades now, and I miss it quite a bit when editing on the 9100. https://github.com/ieure/9lc-mode https://github.com/ieure/tl1-mode _______________________________________________ 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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