The Fluke 9010a Club

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So I now belong to the fluke 9010a club. I've only just had a chance to plug everything up, and do some intial tests on it, and the 6502 pod. Everything seems to work just fine. Haven't had a chance to try the rs232 port yet.

Where can I find some good resources to learn what this little guy can do?

Also since mine didn't come with a probe, how hard would it be to convert say a Oscope probe to work as a signal probe?
 
I am looking for one of these. How much did you end up paying for one? I haven't seen any of the 6502 pods on ebay since I decided I need one of these.
 
I've got the 9100a. :)

VectorList is probably your best overall resource but quarterarcade has some docs online too.
 
I have 3 9010As, a 9100A, and lots of parts. They are awesome...

Hey, shouldn't you be working??? I know I'm supposed to be paying attention while I sit in this meeting.
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B, Send you an email... looking for trades!
 
Well I paid $250 for the fluke with a 6502 pod.

If you need a 6502 pod, call

Ken Hudson
510-315-2459
888-448-3752

I think he's got a couple left. Tell him Kevin sent you.

I think he has them priced at $150

Doing Rom sig checks is easy. I have downloaded the sig calc from qtr arcade and that helps. At first I thought it was supposed to spit out Checksums. Duh.. So once I figured out that you need sigs, I calculated those, and ran the #'s. So far so good. I haven't been able to figure out roms 123 and 124 on tempest yet. I'm either entering in the wrong address or something.

That's the one thing I need to figure out better too, is rom addresses. Looks like most of that can be found in Mame source code. Just wish it would give an end address instead of just the size.

The other thing I'm working on trying to figure out is the ram tests, and learn how Tempest in this case addresses the ram, so that I can pinpoint the ram on the board, and make a ram map. I'm still new at this, so I don't know how the ram addressing works. I just do circuit repair. Never got into programing etc..

I'm also trying to correlate how the atari cat box is used, and trying to figure out how to duplicate what it can do with the fluke. For example, you can use the catbox to write data to address lines to say check pokeys. Now to figure out how to do the same write with the fluke.

Hopefully there is someone on here, that knows how these things work. Even a script for something other than Rom/Ram test would be helpful to look at.
 
Also since mine didn't come with a probe, how hard would it be to convert say a Oscope probe to work as a signal probe?

I have read online that somebody made their own probe and said it was pretty easy. I'm not sure where that was, maybe one of my links. Some of my old links are dead.
 
I have read online that somebody made their own probe and said it was pretty easy. I'm not sure where that was, maybe one of my links. Some of my old links are dead.

I don't see how someone could take a scope probe and do this. The Fluke probe has sample circuitry inside I believe so that it can capture data during the address and data phases of memory access cycles. A simple scope probe doesn't have this supporting logic.
 
Well, it cost quite a bit, but I have now joined the club as well. Does anyone know where to get a replacement UUT cable for a 68000 pod? Mine showed up with 3 pins missing. If it is easy to find and replace it, I will just do it instead of trying to get a refund.

Anyone interested in trading pods? I have an extra 6800 and I am looking for a 6502.

I ended up paying $330 shipped for the 9010a with RS232 port, 2 6800 pods, z80 pod, and the 68000 pod with the missing pins. The 6800s and the z80 all pass the self test, and I am hoping the only problem with the 68000 is the missing pins. It also came with a new probe.

The shipper still needs to send another 9010a - it was supposed to be included, but he shipped programming and operating manuals instead. Hopefully that one will come in soon. One of the 6800 pods was supposed to be non working, but once I straightened one of the pins out, it passed the self test.

Nice surprise in the box was a pod for an HP LA. I went a little crazy on ebay and ended up buying a 1661a, 16500b, and 16500c - none of them came with any pods, so now I have at least one. I will probably be selling the 16500b - this stuff all went way over my budget.

Still waiting on a Unisite burner. Once that shows up, I should have all the equipment I should possibly need to work on any part of an arcade game. Now I just need to learn how to use everything. Is there a support group for test equipment addicts????

Anyone trying to learn how to use this stuff, send me a PM. Maybe we can all share resources and tips.
 
Congrats Paul! :D You're loaded for bear now. PM me your mailing addy - I've got a couple more flying-leads pods you can have.

Well, it cost quite a bit, but I have now joined the club as well. Does anyone know where to get a replacement UUT cable for a 68000 pod? Mine showed up with 3 pins missing. If it is easy to find and replace it, I will just do it instead of trying to get a refund.

Anyone interested in trading pods? I have an extra 6800 and I am looking for a 6502.

I ended up paying $330 shipped for the 9010a with RS232 port, 2 6800 pods, z80 pod, and the 68000 pod with the missing pins. The 6800s and the z80 all pass the self test, and I am hoping the only problem with the 68000 is the missing pins. It also came with a new probe.

The shipper still needs to send another 9010a - it was supposed to be included, but he shipped programming and operating manuals instead. Hopefully that one will come in soon. One of the 6800 pods was supposed to be non working, but once I straightened one of the pins out, it passed the self test.

Nice surprise in the box was a pod for an HP LA. I went a little crazy on ebay and ended up buying a 1661a, 16500b, and 16500c - none of them came with any pods, so now I have at least one. I will probably be selling the 16500b - this stuff all went way over my budget.

Still waiting on a Unisite burner. Once that shows up, I should have all the equipment I should possibly need to work on any part of an arcade game. Now I just need to learn how to use everything. Is there a support group for test equipment addicts????

Anyone trying to learn how to use this stuff, send me a PM. Maybe we can all share resources and tips.
 
Joined the 9010A owners club today, dropped the equiv of $370 on a 9010A with RS232 option, tape drive, Z80 pod, 8085 pod, original probe all in the original suitcase. Also comes with a Fluke pouch labelled "Accessory Bag" that contains odds and sods not specified.

Its in very good nick but...

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.... is version 2A a little low? Would like to upgrade this if poss, I have eproms and a burner, but cant find the firmware binaries anywhere on the web. Can anyone help?
 
That's the one thing I need to figure out better too, is rom addresses. Looks like most of that can be found in Mame source code. Just wish it would give an end address instead of just the size.

Should give both: a starting address and a size. If you have a calculator that can operate in hex then you can just add the 2 to get the ending address.
(I think even the calculator in Windows can do this)
 
Thanks for the rom image link. I stumbled across this site which has bagloads of doco scans for the base unit and the pods, useful collection.


http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/fluke/

Apologies if this is all on the ftp site, but I didn't see anything meaty enough to be what this site contains.
 
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