Re: Cat Box on Ebay/Rat Box

Yup, it did fizzle out...I realized the amount of time to sort and the
small number of folks that would be interested. I suspect that what will
happen is what I have been doing with Al, that is, sending him, every now
and then, info for him to scan and post to Spies. That is where his recent
collection of KK and other HP sig info came from. I have found more
scattered around the shop that will head south sooner or later...

John :-#)#

At 10:11 PM 11/18/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>John and I were talking about making a 'big book' of signatures at one
>point but
>the idea sort of fizzled I guess. It would be a really nice thing to have
>but it
>would take a lot of time to do it.
> If anyone wants to seriously volunteer, I will loan out my docs to the brave
>person! :-)
>
>Mark E Davidson wrote:
> >
> > Is there place to get the Atari documentation in the signatures
> anywhere online?
> >
> > -=Mark=
> >
> > Jess Askey wrote:
> >
> > > The HP is simpler (and more common, $25 at surplus) and it will work
> just fine
> > > with the signatures on the Atari documentation. The CAT box does have
> some more
> > > advanced features but I would wait for Jeff's RATBox instead. Plus,
> the HP5004
> > > works quite well.
> > > jess
> > >
> > > Noel Johnson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Al Kossow wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > "Would it allow the use of the signature's already published by
> Atari to test/repair boards"
> > > > >
> > > > > I'd suggest picking up a used HP 5004 sig analyzer. They show up all
> > > > > the time, and are normally pretty cheap, because there isn't a whole
> > > > > lot of demand for them any more. They rarely sell for more than $50.
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps my question didn't make sense, but I am not sure it has been
> > > > answered. Atari published signature analysis guides that tell what the
> > > > output reading should be for each pin of an integrated circuit touched
> > > > with the probe of a cat box. Would these Atari guides be useable with
> > > > another type of signature analyzer such a as the HP5004 or would a
> known
> > > > working board have to be tested first to determine what the output
> > > > should be with a tester other than a cat box?
> > > >
> > > > Please excuse this "non-techie" (but willing to learn) if my
> question is
> > > > silly!
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Noel

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Received on Fri Nov 19 01:29:25 1999