Greetings - Introduction -Questions

Greetings all;

Up untill recently my most involved task with video/pinball games have been
Cap Kits and replacing Data East power driver board connectors. I have
always deffered board repairs to others more qualified. That is till now. I
recently purchased a Fluke 9010A with 6502 and Z80 pods from a fellow
collector who needed cash and who like me is completely self taught. He
convinced me that I could repair boards myself given a little hard work and
patience. Now this may have just been part of his sales pitch, but I
believed him & bought it.

I met Kev a couple years ago & have stayed in touch. He gave me this list to
subscribe to. Either in hopes I would come here instead of sending him 100's
of emails full of newbish questions, or to generate conversation here. :)

I have no background in electronics and everything I do know, I have picked
up from working on my own collection of Arcade games & Pinballs the past
couple of years. I am probably the last guy who should own a Fluke & should
really pass it on to someone who will get better use of it. But before I do
that, I would like to see if I can make some small use of it.

To compound matters, I picked up a second Fluke 9010A base unit off of ebay.
And herein lies my first question. The Ebay one has a digit going out, it
flickers, gets real dim, then comes back. The plus side is that it has a
RS232 port on it, my original one does not. Can I easily swap the RS232 to
my original unit? I havent taken the cover off to see if its just a card or
if its hardwired in.

Second question concerns Oscilliscopes. First of I know I need one, How do I
know? I have been told I do :). I do know I can display the output of Vector
games on one that has XY inputs on it. What other uses for it, I am very
vague on, but am willing to learn. The problem I am running into is knowing
which units have XY inputs and which ones dont. I have been mainly looking
at Ebay auctions & while they list alot of features, only one scope have I
found so far has actually listed XY inputs ( a TEK 465M). Is there some
other name this feature goes by that I am unaware of?

Kev has been very patient & helpful, but I dont want to wear out my welcome
in his inbox :) So I bring my questions here & hope my lack of knowledge is
not to embarrassing apparent. I have picked up a few books & my Fluke came
with a 4 cd set instruction set that I have just begun. ANY help would be
greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time
Randy

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Received on Fri Feb 08 17:46:10 2002