Re: Directory success !!! (for HDR that is.)

David Ryskalczyk wrote:
> There's a Teledisk image of a service disk, as well as a bunch of
> other documentation, over here:
>
> http://www.iobium.com/9100a%20tester/
>
> Not sure whether this one is serialized or not.
>
> --David
>
That's Martin Reynolds site - another TTL past regular...(are you still
around Martin?)

http://www.iobium.com/9100a%20tester/9100atester.htm

Interesting that he talks about Service disk 6.0...I will take another
look at the file Service.TD0 on his site, thanks!

John :-#)#
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 2:09 PM, John Robertson <jrr@flippers.com> wrote:
>
>> Andre Huijts wrote:
>>
>>> Andrew....I'm not stupid. I understand what it can do for about 90% by
>>> now, I've read enough to have a pretty clear picture.
>>>
>>> However, without any programs that actually DO a 100% test it's not really
>>> worth anything right ?
>>>
>>> Please stop talking down to me Andrew, I'm not a moron.....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Hey, Andre, Andrew is just pulling your leg!
>>
>> The 9100 can be a bit of a boat anchor/door stop unless you really get into
>> it. They are still in wide use industrially as they are often the only
>> machine keeping production line equipment running that was designed in the
>> 80s and 90s.
>>
>> Even the basic tests are superior to the 9010 though as you can easily store
>> the results and easily make lookup tables for individual games if you have
>> the programming option.
>>
>> I've found the renewed interest in the 9100 (thanks in large part to Andre)
>> to be refreshing my desire to get this great tool in use in my shop - for
>> too many years have they been sitting on a shelf being ignored. I mostly use
>> the 9010 and my collection of pods to troubleshoot, and while that is fine
>> for me, it would benefit my staff if I got a 9100 running with the tests
>> built in for are common game board (Atari, Bally, Williams, etc.) that come
>> through on a regular basis and while the test fixture gives us a pretty good
>> idea of the problems, integrating a 9100 could speed up the tests
>> significantly.
>>
>> The beauty of the 9100 is the GFI. I see building tests for Capcom and other
>> orphans of the pinball world where no test fixtures exist or are more money
>> than one cares to spend when you only see the game once every few years -
>> however a guided test for the driver board, shared with this group, could
>> help a number of shops deal with these games quickly.
>>
>> Making up a Bed Of Nails test jig that is hooked to the 9100 seems to be a
>> good project for 2013 and I for one will be exploring this project in the
>> new year.
>>
>> Have to get past Xams first - we are very busy right now!
>>
>> Still also hoping to find a non-serialized copy of 6.0 Service (was included
>> in the 40MB SCSI upgrade kit) - or even a copy that has a different serial
>> number to compare.
>>
>> Another project is to check the wiring changes to the motherboards - I
>> suspect the latest ones (I have a "G" revision) allow you to use the 1.44
>> floppies, a number of jumpers around the floppy connector...
>>
>> John :-#)#
>>
>>
>>> Op 13 dec. 2012, om 17:50 heeft Andrew Welburn <andy@andysarcade.net> het
>>> volgende geschreven:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Andre..
>>>>
>>>> You havn't read all the manuals, and dont fully grasp what the 9100 can
>>>> do. Its much, much more than a 9010, its a complete 100% pcb test system, as
>>>> i've previously described, its not limited to rams and roms. Read up and
>>>> learn my young jedi.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Andrew Welburn
>>>> http://www.andys-arcade.com
>>>>
>>>> On 13/12/2012 16:45, Andre Huijts wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Funny, I was thinking about using Centi as well.....reasons were because
>>>>> I own one, it's a raster game (seemed simpler than a vector game to me) and
>>>>> Atari already makes the schematics in "functional blocks"......
>>>>>
>>>>> Been trying to read in the Applications manual today (during work
>>>>> breaks....) and I nodded off at least 10 times....apart from that, it's sure
>>>>> not easy....
>>>>>
>>>>> However.....correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the majority of
>>>>> problems can be found using the very "basic" tests (which are actually
>>>>> pretty thorough) being the address and databusses, finding bad buffers and
>>>>> doing RAM and ROM checks. As such it's not much more than a 9010 I guess,
>>>>> which is a bit of a shame of course, but I don't see anyone investing so
>>>>> many hours to get programs done for himself or maybe a couple of other guys
>>>>> interested.....
>>>>>
>>>>> It would be cool to have a program for POKEY (if only to make it produce
>>>>> some sounds ;) ) f.i., on the other hand, swapping one takes just seconds
>>>>> and most of the signals of it being defective are pretty well known....
>>>>>
>>>>> Someone should write a program that scans the schematics of any PCB and
>>>>> turns it into a TL/1 program ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> André
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>

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