RE: Logic Analyzer

> The 9100 scares me though. I really don't like having that HD in there.
> Yeah, it's kinda cool to watch your test equipment boot HP/UX, but when
> that drive lunches itself you're screwed. I double it's an easily
> image-able format, and I can imagine a replacement from HP is in the
> four-figure range...

Ok, now I wanna get that thing backed up.. I have a WD 40 meg drive in an
old 286..

> [Fluke 9100] I could take a pic of my keyboard so people
> > who dont have one could know what the keys do..
> >
> I'd really like to see what it looks like. I got a 9100 surplus which I
> passed on to ChrisR, but never did see the keyboard at the same place
> (had the monitor though I think? Chris?). They have bins and bins of
> keyboards though so I'd like to look through them knowing what to try to
> find.

its pretty easy to spot, it has a fluke logo on it and it has the normal
12 function keys at the top of the keyboard, but 2 of the keycaps (F4 &
F9) were replaced with blanks so there are only 10 F keys. the numeric pad
is totally different. I'll get a few pics up along with some other 9100
stuff like the I/O pods so when somedody finds them for $10 you can BUY
them :>
 take a look tomorrow at:

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Cavern/3299

> Yep. You are correct. The knob is cool. Probably the single best
> feature over the 1630's. Someone was asking me about a Tek 1230? I've
> never seen one-- not in my 1988 catalog either. :-/

Its a little bigger than a 1240/1241 and it has no knob :<
There was one on eBay that just sold for $611, it came with 3
16-channel probes called "programmable threshhold active probes" the
threshold in the 1240/1241 is done on the screen with the knob and not on
dipswitches like the 1230 probes.
 
> The 1240/1241 had all sorts of funky features-- like "teleservicing".
> You can remote control one from another by modem. Uses the RS232 port
> and 12RC02 "Master/Slave ROM Pack".
 
Thats what those are.. I think I saw a couple of those FS..I didnt notice
any way of printing the timing diagram or state tables, do those options
show up when you have an RS232 pack installed?

> Seems like there's some other technical difference w/ the 1241... Might
> have had to do with memory chaining capability or something. The 1240
> has a composite video output that the 1241 *doesn't* have though...

I'm sure you could add one in yourself in about 5 minutes though.. it
still uses the CRT to display everything (which is mono so it probably
has composite input).. I guess they didn't want to add it because it would
be B/W..

> Funky, isn't it? If you "look past" it fast (without focusing your
> eyes) the colors will be all screwed up -- kinda like seeing the refresh
> on a monitor. It's odd...

That was the first thing I noticed about it.. if you blink or shake your
head sometimes the yellow shows up as red..

> about them. He made me 6502, 6809, 68HC11, and Z80 packs in exchange

cool at least you have them! I guess he just copied them into EPROM carts?

Jeff
Received on Thu Feb 25 20:09:40 1999