Fluke 9000A mystery adapter (for me at least ;-)
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 :-#)#
Z80 -> Z8 adapter... ----- Original Message ----- From: John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com> To: <techToolsList@flippers.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 7:55 PM Subject: Fluke 9000A mystery adapter (for me at least ;-)
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 :-#)#
That's what I thought, but what is a Z8 I/F? I haven't seen anything like that in my game service career...I know, I've led a sheltered life...but I can't find much on google either on this...or is this a way to interface the Z80 to a Z8 CPU based system... John :-#)# At 08:14 PM 06/08/2002 -0500, Mark Shostak wrote:
Z80 -> Z8 adapter...
----- Original Message ----- From: John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com> To: <techToolsList@flippers.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 7:55 PM Subject: Fluke 9000A mystery adapter (for me at least ;-)
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 :-#)#
That's what I thought, but what is a Z8 I/F? I haven't seen anything like that in my game service career...I know, I've led a sheltered life...but I can't find much on google either on this...or is this a way to interface the Z80 to a Z8 CPU based system...
Z80 _pod_ to Z8 _system_. Al la CAT 6502 -> z80/z8000/6809 I/F.
anyone interested in pictures of the board? Roll your own? John :-#)# At 08:53 PM 06/08/2002 -0500, Mark Shostak wrote:
That's what I thought, but what is a Z8 I/F? I haven't seen anything like that in my game service career...I know, I've led a sheltered life...but I can't find much on google either on this...or is this a way to interface the Z80 to a Z8 CPU based system...
Z80 _pod_ to Z8 _system_. Al la CAT 6502 -> z80/z8000/6809 I/F.
sure. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com> To: <techToolsList@flippers.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 9:11 PM Subject: Re: Fluke 9000A mystery adapter (for me at least ;-)
anyone interested in pictures of the board? Roll your own?
John :-#)#
At 08:53 PM 06/08/2002 -0500, Mark Shostak wrote:
That's what I thought, but what is a Z8 I/F? I haven't seen anything like that in my game service career...I know, I've led a sheltered life...but I can't find much on google either on this...or is this a way to interface the Z80 to a Z8 CPU based system...
Z80 _pod_ to Z8 _system_. Al la CAT 6502 -> z80/z8000/6809 I/F.
OK, after a slight delay of under 16 years, photos of the Z8 IF pod are now up on TTL: ftp://ftp.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment/Fluke/9xxx%20Pods/Z8-IF_Adapter_Pod Sorry about that! John :-#)# On 2002/08/06 7:14 PM, Mark Shostak wrote:
sure.
----- Original Message ----- From: John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com> To: <techToolsList@flippers.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 9:11 PM Subject: Re: Fluke 9000A mystery adapter (for me at least ;-)
anyone interested in pictures of the board? Roll your own?
John :-#)#
At 08:53 PM 06/08/2002 -0500, Mark Shostak wrote:
That's what I thought, but what is a Z8 I/F? I haven't seen anything like that in my game service career...I know, I've led a sheltered life...but I can't find much on google either on this...or is this a way to interface the Z80 to a Z8 CPU based system... Z80 _pod_ to Z8 _system_. Al la CAT 6502 -> z80/z8000/6809 I/F.
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9000A-200 was a kit Fluke sold so you could adapt unsupported CPU types. An early Troubleshooter article describes the process and gives some examples for ex 6512 and 2650 CPUs. You’d plug a similar pod into the ZIF socket on the adapter, then the adapter probe into your UUT. Looks like the /AB is an official Fluke product — the normal -200 has blank paper labels for you to fill in, while those are plastic printed ones — which adapts the Zilog Z8 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog_Z8). Guessing you’d plug a Z80 pod into it.
On Feb 19, 2018, at 11:24 AM, John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com> wrote:
OK, after a slight delay of under 16 years, photos of the Z8 IF pod are now up on TTL:
ftp://ftp.arcadetech.org/TTL/Test_Equipment/Fluke/9xxx%20Pods/Z8-IF_Adapter_Pod
Sorry about that!
John :-#)#
On 2002/08/06 7:14 PM, Mark Shostak wrote: sure.
----- Original Message ----- From: John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com> To: <techToolsList@flippers.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 9:11 PM Subject: Re: Fluke 9000A mystery adapter (for me at least ;-)
anyone interested in pictures of the board? Roll your own?
John :-#)#
At 08:53 PM 06/08/2002 -0500, Mark Shostak wrote:
That's what I thought, but what is a Z8 I/F? I haven't seen anything like that in my game service career...I know, I've led a sheltered life...but I can't find much on google either on this...or is this a way to interface the Z80 to a Z8 CPU based system... Z80 _pod_ to Z8 _system_. Al la CAT 6502 -> z80/z8000/6809 I/F.
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