TechTools Archives: RE: Programming the Fluke 9100

From: John Robertson <jrr_at_flippers.com>
Date: Mon Apr 15 2002 - 09:21:45 EDT

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Just checked both of the SCSI interfaces on (the hard drive and external port) my 9100, turns out that the odd pins are GND, and the even ones seem to be data or control lines. 
This matches the "SUN Extra-Chunky SCSI interface" as shown on Tommy's Pinout collection: http://csgrad.cs.vt.edu/~tjohnson/pinouts/ now to wire up an interface.... 
... must get back to my POD-PC interface project, must avoid distractions.... 
John :-#)# 
At 02:56 PM 15/04/2002 +0100, Chris Hardy wrote: 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hi guys.. 
Dave Langley obtained a set of unused system floppy disks from Fluke (in 
Holland I think), which I have here sitting on my desk. 
Dave was slowly duplicating them on his 9100a before it died, so I offered 
to duplicate them here at work. (We have a industrial floppy duplicator 
which was used when games came out on floppies instead of disks..). 
The other reason was that it takes about 30 seconds to copy a disk instead 
of 10 minutes 
Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to check that the disks are ok.. (and I 
have concerns that I may have accidently wiped one of them.. Sorry Dave!!) 
I'll take them home tonight and check that they are readable on the 9100a I 
have, if I can work out how to read them using it!.. 
Also, while I'm at it, AFAIK the 9100a harddrive setup is basically a ESDI 
(SCSI forerunner) to MFM ST225 interface. I suspect that ESDI is not 
compatible with a std SCSI interface, and I wasn't really game to try it out 
as this 9100a is on loan to me. 
Now, if anyone can find an old AT or XT ST225 harddrive board it should be a 
fairly simple process of sector by sector reading the drive. Of course, 
finding another drive to put it one is another question altogether. 
I don't think the "Programmers Keyboard" is as simple as it seems.. You 
maybe able to connect up a keyboard, but there is still no way of displaying 
the information without a display card that plugs into the 9100a. I'm think 
there is a picture of the whole setup in one of the manuals on spies. 
Chris Hardy 
PS BTW One of the useful additions of the 9100a is that it will do bitwise 
memory tests.. Great for 2114's and SI boards 
PSS I'm not going to be able to reply to emails after Wednesday this week as 
I'm going to be on holiday for a month 
 
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