[Techtoolslist] Fluke 8088 pod and a moron...

[John Robertson]

The pod cables to the base are all the same, so you can use one from 
either the Z80 or 8086 to test your 8088 pod.

John :-#)#

At 3:50 PM -0500 12/10/05, Greg Baumgratz wrote:
>Do you know if they are the some from pod to pod so that I can at 
>least verify my pod still works?  I have a couple Z80 and an 8086 
>pod that I can pull from to verify but I haven't had a chance to pin 
>out the cables yet.  Still not talking to myself over the reversed 
>connector issue...
>
>Greg
>
>
>
>John Robertson wrote:
>
>>Oh...that might not be so good for the pod.
>>
>>I do have used, untested, pod-base connector cables for sale. Say, 
>>I dunno, $20US plus shipping seem fair? TTL members only pricing...
>>
>>John :-#)#
>>
>>At 1:21 PM -0500 12/10/05, Greg Baumgratz wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks for the reply - actually, it's the cable that goes from the 
>>>9010 base to the pod that I reversed inside the pod and is also 
>>>the one that wiggling seemed to allow the self test to pass.  Are 
>>>those available anywhere or should I recrimp pins into the 
>>>connector?  I am assuming they are different from pod to pod - is 
>>>this a correct assumption as well?  As for rummaging through your 
>>>extensive pile of spare parts, when can I show up?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Greg
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>John Robertson wrote:
>>>
>>>>Unlikely that reversing the cable would damage the pod. The 
>>>>inputs are ALL protected up to 15VDC as I recall. Rather it is 
>>>>far more likely that you simply have a bad cable. You can order 
>>>>one from Digi-Key - Single-Ended - Style 2 (or 4 depending on 
>>>>where you want pin 1) from CW Industries - the Canadian part 
>>>>number (hey I'm in Canada) is C2PXT-4018M-ND for an 18 inch one 
>>>>that you can then simply crimp on the 40 pin socket #CSR40T-ND 
>>>>(with strain relief).
>>>>
>>>>At least that's what I would do (after rummaging through my pile 
>>>>of pod spare parts (extensive)).
>>>>
>>>>John :-#)#
>>>>
>>>>At 6:23 AM -0700 12/9/05, voyager at galaxian.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I received a Fluke 8088 pod yesterday and plugged it in to do a 
>>>>>self test to see if my 'untested' pod worked or not.  Well the 
>>>>>test failed, but if I wiggled the cable at the pod side it 
>>>>>seemed to pass - so I pulled the case apart to look for loose 
>>>>>connections or wires. I looked at the cable connection that was 
>>>>>a little lose, disconnected it, plugged it back in and ran the 
>>>>>test again to produce nothing at all.  Next, I realized the 
>>>>>connector was on backwards - nice.  Of course, reversing it 
>>>>>producing nothing but a failure worse than before and wiggling 
>>>>>the cable does nothing. Anyone done this yet that has some info 
>>>>>on how much damage it did to the pod?  I could troubleshoot it 
>>>>>with another 8088 pod, but I do not have another...
>>>>>
>>>>>Greg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>_______________________________________________
>>>>Techtoolslist mailing list
>>>>Techtoolslist at flippers.com
>>>>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist
>>>>
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>Techtoolslist mailing list
>>>Techtoolslist at flippers.com
>>>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist
>>
>>
>>_______________________________________________
>>Techtoolslist mailing list
>>Techtoolslist at flippers.com
>>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist
>>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Techtoolslist mailing list
>Techtoolslist at flippers.com
>http://seven.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/techtoolslist