Re: [Techtoolslist] Some test rigs i picked up recently...
Hey Andy, Great haul. So, on the RAM/ROM tester, immediate first question that came to my mind, can it test the multiple-voltage RAM, like 4116's? Joe --- On Thu, 6/25/09, andy@andysarcade.net <andy@andysarcade.net> wrote: From: andy@andysarcade.net <andy@andysarcade.net> Subject: [Techtoolslist] Some test rigs i picked up recently... To: "TechToolsList" <techtoolslist@flippers.com> Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 11:18 AM hi all.. Here are some interesting ancient test rigs i picked up recently : http://www.andysarcade.net/pix/newtestrigs/ Atari RAM/ROM tester - Got from the USA with an original manual, untested so far, but it goes nicely with my CTF-1 :) Atari PBS-1 - Comes with switch matrix unit and Light matrix/power supply unit, some crushed connectors, but should be a worker. Sorry John, i got no cards at all to go with this :| have you got any at all? Atari Superman Pinball testrig - This looks like it might be a prototype, it is so well put together, who knows? It came from the main Atari distributer for Atari in the UK in the early 80's - MHG, so the provenance is good. Kurz-Kasch - Signature II, very early signature analyser, nice neat little box. I actually have 4 of these, drop me a line if you're interested in one! (switchable line voltage 110/240) Very surpisingly, everything but the ram/rom tester was obtained in the UK, and was used here in the UK 'back in the day'. Gotta love all those twinkling lights. Andrew Welburn www.andys-arcade.com _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist@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/ _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist@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/
Its for plugging into the game pcb itself and running tests in-circuit, so the voltage of the ram is irrelevant. If you were thinking the sockets on it were for ram you'd be wrong, they are for testing proms. Theoretically you could plug this into a missile command pcb and test the 4116 ram on it :) Its a bit like a primitive cat-box, you can read/write addresses, but it doesn't use intuitive 7-segment displays (and its not a signature analyser), its all about the flashy LEDs. Andrew Welburn www.andys-arcade.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Magiera" <joemagiera@ameritech.net> To: "Technical Tools Mail List" <techtoolslist@flippers.com> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 6:47 PM Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] Some test rigs i picked up recently... Hey Andy, Great haul. So, on the RAM/ROM tester, immediate first question that came to my mind, can it test the multiple-voltage RAM, like 4116's? Joe --- On Thu, 6/25/09, andy@andysarcade.net <andy@andysarcade.net> wrote: From: andy@andysarcade.net <andy@andysarcade.net> Subject: [Techtoolslist] Some test rigs i picked up recently... To: "TechToolsList" <techtoolslist@flippers.com> Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 11:18 AM hi all.. Here are some interesting ancient test rigs i picked up recently : http://www.andysarcade.net/pix/newtestrigs/ Atari RAM/ROM tester - Got from the USA with an original manual, untested so far, but it goes nicely with my CTF-1 :) Atari PBS-1 - Comes with switch matrix unit and Light matrix/power supply unit, some crushed connectors, but should be a worker. Sorry John, i got no cards at all to go with this :| have you got any at all? Atari Superman Pinball testrig - This looks like it might be a prototype, it is so well put together, who knows? It came from the main Atari distributer for Atari in the UK in the early 80's - MHG, so the provenance is good. Kurz-Kasch - Signature II, very early signature analyser, nice neat little box. I actually have 4 of these, drop me a line if you're interested in one! (switchable line voltage 110/240) Very surpisingly, everything but the ram/rom tester was obtained in the UK, and was used here in the UK 'back in the day'. Gotta love all those twinkling lights. Andrew Welburn www.andys-arcade.com _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist@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/ _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist@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/ _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist@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/
I love all that old dev gear. All the production machines you see that come out of Atari were finished articles, with artwork and manuals and clean PCBs etc, but it's nice to see that they were hacking around with all the old muck and bullets when designing them :-) Phil
--- On Thu, 6/25/09, andy@andysarcade.net <andy@andysarcade.net> wrote:
From: andy@andysarcade.net <andy@andysarcade.net> Subject: [Techtoolslist] Some test rigs i picked up recently... To: "TechToolsList" <techtoolslist@flippers.com> Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 11:18 AM
hi all..
Here are some interesting ancient test rigs i picked up recently :
http://www.andysarcade.net/pix/newtestrigs/
Atari RAM/ROM tester - Got from the USA with an original manual, untested so far, but it goes nicely with my CTF-1 :)
Atari PBS-1 - Comes with switch matrix unit and Light matrix/power supply unit, some crushed connectors, but should be a worker. Sorry John, i got no cards at all to go with this :| have you got any at all?
Atari Superman Pinball testrig - This looks like it might be a prototype, it is so well put together, who knows? It came from the main Atari distributer for Atari in the UK in the early 80's - MHG, so the provenance is good.
Kurz-Kasch - Signature II, very early signature analyser, nice neat little box. I actually have 4 of these, drop me a line if you're interested in one! (switchable line voltage 110/240)
Very surpisingly, everything but the ram/rom tester was obtained in the UK, and was used here in the UK 'back in the day'.
Gotta love all those twinkling lights.
Andrew Welburn www.andys-arcade.com _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist@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/ _______________________________________________ Techtoolslist mailing list Techtoolslist@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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