Re: Fluke 9010a Troubleshooting w/ Omega Race

From: Adam Courchesne <ajcrm125_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon Jan 22 2007 - 07:24:46 EST

I had similar situations with several tron boardsets. Turned out the +5V
was just low enough to handle the original Z80 but not quite the pod. Once
I turned up the voltage a little bit it fired up just fine with the pod and
I was able to debug.

-Adam
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On 1/22/07, Martin White <martin@guddler.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I don't have an answer, but Omega Race is Bally / Midway isn't it?
>
> Interesting because MCR boards will do pretty much the same thing as
> well, the Fluke just can't copy with them for some reason, if that's
> the way to put it. I've not found a resolution to that one yet but to
> be fair my selection of Fluke hardware to try is pretty limited!
>
> Martin.
>
> > This might be more of a Vectorlist question, but I thought I might try
> > here.
> >
> > Right now I'm using a 100% working Omega Race boardset to make sure I
> have
> > the correct setup using the Fluke 9010a and Z80 Pod.
> >
> > First of all, the boardset just won't run with the Z80 Pod. I can see
> > that the Reset line is pulsing. It won't run if I disable the watchdog
> > circuit either. *sometimes* I can get it to do a Quick Ram Test
> > successfully. Other times I get data error messages and if I do a bus
> > test it will report a bunch of data lines tied together. Of course, if
> I
> > put a normal z80 processor back in the game works perfectly fine.
> >
> > So, I'm just wondering if anyone out there knows how to properly setup
> an
> > Omega Race boardset for troubleshooting with the Fluke 9010a and Z80
> pod.
> > This Pod should be working fine since I used it recently on a Pac-Man.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Matt
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