RE: [techtoolslist] Newbie on Fluke 9010A

Thank You James and Kev!

I've decide to enter on "Fluke's club" after read a reasonable information on John's website and for a very good information provided by this community. I live in Brazil, and down here, as far as I know, I'm the unique Fluke user! So this will turn my study one challenge...

James, in my humble opinion, your web site is amazing as well as FIDE Software!!! Two very important resources for hobbists like me...

Thank you very much...

José Luiz Martins

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Data:Sun, 5 Oct 2003 22:40:18 -0400

Assunto:RE: [techtoolslist] Newbie on Fluke 9010A

What you will probably find is that a lot of the concepts are transferable from game to game. For example, you’ll always want to test RAM and ROMs as they are the easiest to test and directly or indirectly cause a lot of faults. (Indirectly being that the RAM may be good, but a control line selecting the RAM is not… in which case you can isolate down the general area.)

I’ve put my “intro” article on programming here:
http://tech.quarterarcade.com/tech/Fluke/9010A/Scripting/IntroToScripts.aspx

As well as adding in program documentation to FIDE. (BTW, I have not posted FIDE on the site for download. No need to contact me anymore.)

But you could start by just using the code generator that I was working on. For example, you could start with a Scramble script here:
http://tech.quarterarcade.com/Tech/CodeGenerator/Default.aspx?g=2470&set=scramble&cpu=133

(be sure to get all of that URL). That probably won’t run unmodified, but it would be a start.

Now, what this does not buy you is specific chip testing like custom chips, 4116 hi/low nibble isolation, and so forth. But if you are just starting out, you’ll work up to that with time.

BTW, I am considering a code repository for game-specific 9010A if people will contribute. Worthwhile? Let me know.

Also, what I found to be a huge resource was the Fluke publications that John has hosted. I think
ed as “Troubleshooter Guides.” They give very good techniques for debugging.

Good luck learning it. I found that it took a good month to get real comfortable. Pick an easy starter board like Scramble as that makes learning easier as well.

JB

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--James Bright
www.QuarterArcade.com
Restored Arcade Games for your Home
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From: owner-techtoolslist@www.flippers.com [mailto:owner-techtoolslist@www.flippers.com] On Behalf Of pc2jamma
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 1:00 AM
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Subject: [techtoolslist] Newbie on Fluke 9010A

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Hello Guys !
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I just received my Fluke 9010A and my two Pods 8080 and Z80AA.
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I'm also using Fluke IDE Software, thanks to James, it's a wonderfull Software !
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Does anyone have some 8080 or Z80 sample program for gamaes such as Scrambler, Space Invaders (Taito and Midway), or some other game ?
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Thank you very much, and soon I hope contribute with this list with some scripts and information about this great tool !
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Thanks
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José Luiz Martins
Received on Mon Oct 06 09:38:16 2003