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Was just about to put a snipe on the 8088 but realized you were the same guy...I at least won't bid on it. (wanted the parts to repair another, but I'll wait...<br><br>
John :-#)#<br><br>
At 10:06 PM 11/02/2002 +0000, Mike Coates wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>it's something I had considered, but without the z80 emulator bit.<br><br>
In theory, if the data exchange twixt fluke and pod is know, the entire main<br>
end can be replaced with a program at the PC end, and a printer port or USB<br>
interface. The data exchanges are strange, but should be possible to decode<br>
(error trapping is the pain!), but it is something I have as a low priority<br>
project.<br><br>
as for the probe - thats phase 2 (or 3), getting the normal operations going<br>
with extra options to easily read roms / and CRC algorithm you fancy, test<br>
an entire PCB and report all problems in single pass .... place your<br>
requests here!<br><br>
The project has been on hold waiting to borrow an otherwise useless pod to<br>
test the interfacing, I don;t want to put my z80 or 68000 pods at risk! (so<br>
something that works as a pod, but has no likely uses for repairing things<br>
nowadays, the test culprit was going to be a cda1820 (or something similar))<br><br>
----- Original Message -----<br><br>
> Here's a winter project, can anyone think of a reason why you CAN'T wire<br>
up<br>
> an adapter that would allow you to connect the pods to an IBM compatible<br>
> computer and run them directly using a Z80 emulator? Seems to me that<br>
one's<br>
> speed might go up a bit, plus no need to fix the tape drive...the old AT<br>
> bus to the rescue? Or the newer bus...?<br><br>
> Anyone game to look into this further? I can see a few items that need a<br>
> bit of massaging, there is the PROBE circuitry after all, and the<br>
signature<br>
> part of the probe, but the rest of the base is a fairly straight forward<br>
> Z80A computer...and the 80XXX's are descendants...<br><br>
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