Re: IC Tester [was: Memory tester]

I only got a quick look at the original Apple ][ fairy tester board.
Missed being able to purchase it by about 30 seconds... Anyway, it was a
plug-in board which had a ZIF socket on it and half a dozen other small
components. Presumably all the logic is in the software and the hardware
was only the interface and power supply for the part under test.

Matt Rossiter wrote:
>
> So, how hard would it be to build an adapter using a ZIF socket which
> could plug into your computer and test IC's. Would the software need to
> be modified?
>
> Matt
>
> _____________________________________________________________________
>
> On Mon, 21 Jul 2003, Tom McClintock wrote:
>
> >
> > Dunno if TELEDISK was used on the original floppy. The disk image will
> > read just fine in any Apple ][ emulator though. I hope it can be of some
> > use.
> >
> >
> >
> > tm
> >
> > John Robertson wrote:
> > >
> > > These files are now on TTL (FTP)- perhaps Tom could tell us if they are
> > > stored with TELEDISK?
> > >
> > > Thanks Tom!
> > >
> > > John :-#)#
> > >
> > > At 05:10 PM 07/07/2003 -0500, Tom McClintock wrote:
> > >
> > > >On a similar note to the Ming IC tester, I have some software for the
> > > >Fairy IC tester. The 'Fairy' was an add-on board for the Apple II which
> > > >had a ZIF socket on it and could presumably test all sorts of early
> > > >80's TTL and RAM?
> > > >
> > > >Since the files are 6502-based, perhaps someone can extract the
> > > >appropriate data? Dunno. I'll upload them to John's ftp site.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >tm
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Received on Mon Jul 21 10:24:09 2003