RE: Fluke T-shooters

From: John Robertson <jrr_at_flippers.com>
Date: Tue Jan 11 2000 - 08:40:28 EST

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I found the Asteroids script, had downloaded it a while ago and it was lurking in the wrong area. Would anyone like a copy?<br>
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John :-#)#<br>
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At 10:41 AM 1/7/2000 -0800, Matt Rossiter - Verio Southern California wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Someone on vectorlist found a few and someone else starting writing a<br>
program for Asteroids.<br>
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I can pull up that info if you'd like.&nbsp; I'm interested too.<br>
<br>
Matt<br>
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BTW - How hard would it be to write a program to do effective<br>
troubleshooting on something like Tempest, Star Wars or Sega (Raster or<br>
XY) boards?<br>
<br>
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On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, John Robertson wrote:<br>
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&gt; Ok, then where can we find these old programs? I would like to have them <br>
&gt; for my shop, and would be happy to host an FTP storage site for same.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; John :-#)#<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; At 09:24 AM 1/7/2000 -0800, Clay Cowgill wrote:<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; Since we're on the topic of the rs-232 port on the 9010...<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; has anyone looked<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; into whether there is a terminal mode available so we could<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; write a pc based<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; front-end for the t-shooter??&nbsp; The pc software side would be<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; a breeze if<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; that sort of mode is already available.&nbsp; However, if we had to write a<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; program on the 9010 to translate the commands.... that might<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; get a little<br>
&gt; &gt; &gt; hairy.&nbsp; Any thoughts?<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt;The 9010 has a software compiler and downloader that runs on a PC with a<br>
&gt; &gt;serial port connection.&nbsp; You can write programs that run on the 9010<br>
&gt; &gt;stand-alone, or you can write stuff that uses the PC as a more verbose host<br>
&gt; &gt;for doing automated test scripts and examining the results with user<br>
&gt; &gt;interaction.&nbsp; (The idea was to have the PC be something of an &quot;engineer in a<br>
&gt; &gt;box&quot; that lets technicians carry out complex debugging tasks in short time.<br>
&gt; &gt;Sort of a manually-programmed expert system for debugging a board.)<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt;A sample session might go like:<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt;PC:&nbsp; Automatically tests RAM and ROM and CPU bus and decides all is well.<br>
&gt; &gt;PC:&nbsp; &quot;Place test probe on pin 2 of IC 2M (74LS00) and press 'enter'&quot;<br>
&gt; &gt;Fluke:&nbsp; *beep* (displays signature of 2AF4)<br>
&gt; &gt;PC:&nbsp; Looks at 2AF4, decides it's right, and directs the trouble shooting to<br>
&gt; &gt;the next step.<br>
&gt; &gt;PC:&nbsp; &quot;Place test probe on pin 6 of IC 3H (74LS393) and press 'enter'&quot;<br>
&gt; &gt;Fluke:&nbsp; *beep* (displays signature of 333F)<br>
&gt; &gt;PC:&nbsp; Decides that that signature is wrong, and based on the program knows<br>
&gt; &gt;that the only thing that could be wrong is a certain IC.&nbsp; The PC displays<br>
&gt; &gt;&quot;IC 1B (74LS02) is defective and needs to be replaced.&quot;<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt;(obviously it takes more steps than that, but you get the idea.)<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt;There are some programs like this floating around for old arade games (I<br>
&gt; &gt;remember Pole Position in particular).<br>
&gt; &gt;<br>
&gt; &gt;-Clay<br>
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