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9010 service manual revision / mainboard revisions
by Tony Jones via Techtoolslist 18 Feb '18

18 Feb '18

Hi Does anyone have a 9010 service manual change/revision sheet newer than "Issue 2 6/84" that they'd be willing to scan in? I picked up a large number of 9010 mainframes and I was curious on the various mainboard (579268) revisions. The 9010 service manual (page 7A-2) documents upto revision E. Issue 2 of the change sheet that I have documents through revision J. I took some pics (link below), a few of the mainboards are revision P and P-1. One looks like a 'Y' but I initially dismissed that thinking I must be misreading it, as it's a big jump from P. A couple are rev "AB". I initially took this to mean a very early rev but I noticed each AB has is a "Buffer Assy daughterboard" in place of one of the ICs that is marked (c) 1987 which is 3 years after the Issue 2 changesheet. So I'm thinking AB is actually a revision rollover past Z. Link to pics: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kMAyUxVwNTsjIQjGeWbC1ssNOsHxmEsO Also while I'm here a couple of tangential questions: 1) Anyone know if this eBay unit (without an opening for the 006/async) is an early or later version of the 9010? https://www.ebay.com/itm/263328233619 2) http://tech.quarterarcade.com/tech/Fluke/9010A/ Does anyone have more info on what the 9010 GFI option looks like? There isn't any GFI option checkbox on the underside of the case. 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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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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LF: Huntron Shortrack PCB Short Locator model 90 User guide or other documentation
by Stuart Banks 18 Jan '18

18 Jan '18

Stumbled upon a working Huntron Shortrack Short locator model 90 and I am looking for some documentation to optimally utilize this piece of test equipment in conjunction with my Huntron Tracker 1005b. Any Huntron documentation to de-mystify this piece of equipment would be helpful. Thanks, Stuart _______________________________________________ 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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Looking for a copy of a Fluke training manual
by Tony Jones 18 Jan '18

18 Jan '18

Hi. I'm wondering if anyone has a copy of the following Fluke training manual? Perhaps acquired as part of a surplus system purchase. The information on the front page is: 9132A Pod Retargetter's Course August 13th 1990 382 pages This is going to be a hard find as I am led to believe that the class was given once only (externally) on the above date and to 9 participants total. It's of course possible that someone has acquired one of these 9 copies, hence the question. Thanks! 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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9100 probe calibration
by Ian Eure 30 Dec '17

30 Dec '17

I’ve been trying to calibrate my 9100 probe, and am running into problems. I’ve tried two 9100s, two probes, two scopes, and haven’t been able to replicate what the service manual says I should see. The manual says to hook the probe tip to the external trigger, and ground to the mainframe chassis; then, a scope probe to the cal out test loop and ground to the common test loop. When this is done (and you start probe comp cal from the operator’s keypad), you’re supposed to see a square wave on the scope, which you can adjust with the comp trimpot. On my main FT setup, I I’m just getting noise on the cal out loop: I thought the probe offset might be a problem, so I calibrated that with the service disk, but it didn’t help. The second setup is a 9100A, and I get different (but also unhelpful) results. I’m able to get a square wave, but it’s extremely noisy: I also tried setting the probe offset on this machine. Even though I’m using the same service disk (V6), the procedure is different. I guess part of it is in the system ROM. The FT prompts you to connect the probe tip/ground to a 1.5V battery, enter the voltage, then reverse them. The A procedure asks for a “filtered reference voltage between 1.0 and 2.0 volts.” I used the same battery there, since my bench power supply doesn’t go down to 1.5V. It’s not clear if I’m supposed to leave the probe connected through the procedure, and it doesn’t prompt to reverse the leads like the FT. I get warnings about noisy transitions on the 9100A, no matter if the battery remains connected or not. I’m peeling this onion because when I went to calibrate the pod to sync for my UUT, I got intermittent results. And I calibrated that because I was getting some intermittent readings taking signatures off a good board. Both mainframes and probes pass selftest, and appear to work in the gross sense of recognizing high/low/invalid states, counting clock frequencies, etc. Anyone successfully completed this procedure? _______________________________________________ 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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How do you send a hex file to 9010A?
by Tony Jones 24 Dec '17

24 Dec '17

Hi How do I send a hex file (the output of the 9LC compiler [1]) from Windows to a 9010A using RS232? I can use FIDE to compile a script into hex and send the hex ("compile and send") and that works fine but I'm not seeing an option in FIDE to open and send a pre-existing hex file. There is an option "send a pre-compiled file to the 9010A base unit" which sounds like what I want but I can see no way to select the file. The original Fluke 'xfer' utility [2[ supports sending hex files over serial but I can't get it to work on Win7 (32bit). Native "dos" it never starts the transfer. Under dosbox it completes without seeming to send anything and the Fluke just displays "Aux-Receiving". Trying to send the file direct to the serial port using DOS "copy <file> com1:" (in text or binary modes) or using Realterm just results in a Framing Error at 9600-7O1 (the FIDE recommended default) and 9600-8N1. Using 300-7O1 gets me a Parity Error rather than Framing Error. Also, I saw an old comment from John that XON/XOFF is manually enabled through the Fluke setup menu (http://www.vectorlist.org/TechTools/2009/08/0003.html) but I don't see such an option and Kevin replied saying same. Tony 1: Example of a hex file ftp://ftp.flippers.com/TTL/TestEquipment/Fluke/9010%20Series/9010A%20Tapes/… 2. xfer: utility ftp://ftp.flippers.com/TTL/TestEquipment/Fluke/9010%20Series/9010%20DOS%20P… _______________________________________________ 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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FS: Fluke 9100A manual set
by Tony Jones 20 Dec '17

20 Dec '17

Anyone interested? $100 shipped USPS Media Mail (USA destinations). Paypal gift else cover fees. Open to trades. New condition. Pics: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ubNN9L_A7ZdMSfKxPgNi1oBM-FJVAAbs?us… _______________________________________________ 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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