Re: catbox

andre wrote:
> --- John Robertson <pinball@telus.net> wrote:
>
>
>> andre wrote:
>>
>>> I have been reading all morning to try and find
>>> something to simplify troubleshooting pcb's for
>>> myself. I have no electronics background other
>>>
>> than
>>
>>> learning as I go so whenever someone says 'buy a
>>> scope'.. thats probably not gonna help me much.
>>>
>>> So I was looking at the Atari catbox which seems
>>>
>> ...
>>>
>>>
>> One of the nice things about the Cat Box is it can
>> be plugged onto the
>> side of most Atari MPU boards - that 50 pin
>> connector is of use!
>>
>> Otherwise everything can be done the same with the
>> HP as the Cat Box,
>> but the Cat Box is simpler to use for beginners.
>>
>> I must confess that even though I have a couple of
>> these in my test
>> drawer I always pull out the Fluke 9010 and the
>> appropriate pod as it is
>> far more powerful tool, plus it will tell you which
>> data/address/control
>> line is tied to Vcc/Gnd or each other...in a
>> service shop the Fluke
>> makes sense.
>>
>> For the average part time user, a Cat Box looks
>> nice, takes up a lot
>> less space, and is satisfactory for learning how a
>> CPU works and
>> figuring out where things went wrong. It can do RAM
>> and ROM tests (you
>> need to add the extra switch to activate the
>> Checksum test that was
>> ...
>
>
> Ya, the CAT definitely looks easier, but they never
> seem to come up for sale.. anyone have one for sale?
>
> I mainly have vectors to fix..
>
>
One sold on eBay in December...I have one I'm not using that possibly I
could be talked out of - plus I have a spare pod or two for it as I recall.

John :-#)#

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