" It was donated to me, but I never turned it on lol." After all that effort in getting it to you..... Not surprised ;-) I never found the additional Z80 pod I used to have but there are still a few places left to look -----Original Message----- From: Techtoolslist [mailto:techtoolslist-bounces@flippers.com] On Behalf Of William Stillwell Sent: Friday, March 05, 2021 1:05 PM To: Technical Tools Mail List Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] HP 1611A I have a 1611A with 6502, however, have very little use for it, as i have many other test tools. It was donated to me, but I never turned it on lol. 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 Member of MakerFX - a 501c3 organization Former Board Member - West Central Florida Group - a 501c3 Organization. On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 12:55 PM Dave McGuire < mcguire@mcguirescientificservices.com> wrote:
Hi folks, I'm mostly a lurker here, but I think some of you know me. I run LSSM in Pittsburgh. Most of our machines are classified as "big iron" (DEC PDP-11s, IBM mainframes, etc) but now that we are starting some restoration work on some early microprocessor-based systems, I decided to dig into the small stack of HP 1611As that I was given a few years ago.
For the unfamiliar, the 1611A is a bench instrument that is essentially a microprocessor-specific logic analyzer. You plug its pod into your microprocessor socket, plug your microprocessor into its pod, run your system, and it allows you to set breakpoints, scroll through a disassembled execution trace (addresses and mnemonics) on its display, halt/single-step, etc.
They support most of the major microprocessors such as 8080, 8085, Z80, 6800, 6809, 6502, 1802, F8, etc.
The 1611A is a generalized instrument that uses "personality modules" which consist of two boards inside the unit, half of the front panel, and the pod on a cable. You can see where this is going...the pods are always long gone.
I've designed a replacement pod for the Z80 personality, and am awaiting PCBs.
This is a long-winded way of asking if anyone here has had any contact with these systems. (I'm not a man of few words..)
Thanks, -Dave
-- Dave McGuire McGuire Scientific Services, LLC New Kensington, PA _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist@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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