[Techtoolslist] FLUKE 9100A SERIES QUESTION

[John Robertson]

martin at guddler.co.uk wrote:

> I have an image for 6.1

>

> 1. How would I know if it's serialised?

> 2. My machine is an FT does it matter?

> 3. Related to point 2, it might matter that the image would be for a 60mb drive as that's what my scsi drive was before I went down the compact flash road.

>

> I'd be happy enough for the image to be used on an ad-hoc basis. Not so sure I'd be happy for it to be hosted for the whole world to grab.

>

> Not sure how that last paragraph will sit with people but I hope you'd understand. I have stuff on here I've put hard work into and there seems to be barely any sharing the love when it comes to 9100's :)

>

> Maybe that could change?

>

> Martin.

>

> Sent from my iPhone

>   

Hi Martin (& all),

I have now just realized that putting the operating system on flash will 
make the 9100 useful to my shop - for the last number of years (since 
around 2003) I've not even turned on the 9100's that I own, preferring 
to use the 9010s as I was concerned about SCSI drive failures...now that 
SCSI to CF exists (need to find out more on that) and that one can 
actually hot swap pods (I really didn't know that!) it appears that the 
9100 would be more useful indeed.

Anything you care to share about the SCSI-CF interface you are using and 
any problems (if any) would be appreciated. I have three or four of the 
9100s but only one is programmable. Wish I had a faster unit, but for 
what I do the original series should be just fine.

Time for me to start writing and sharing test routines again.

John :-#)#

> On 30 Nov 2010, at 15:52, John Robertson <jrr at flippers.com> wrote:

>

>   

>> Andrew Welburn wrote:

>>     

>>> Seconded, normal behaviour.

>>>

>>> And for others - you can hot-swap pods no problems.

>>>

>>> -- 

>>> Andrew Welburn

>>> http://www.andys-arcade.com

>>>       

>> That's good to know...now I am getting ready to experiment with converting a 9100 with a SCSI to Flash adapter kludge (SCSI to IDE to Flash)...but I need a disk image for 6.1 that is not serialized. Anyone have this?

>>

>> John :-#)#

>>     

>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <martin at guddler.co.uk>

>>> To: "Technical Tools Mail List" <techtoolslist at flippers.com>

>>> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 10:42 AM

>>> Subject: Re: [Techtoolslist] FLUKE 9100A SERIES QUESTION

>>>

>>>

>>>       

>>>> Al,

>>>>

>>>> Do you have the ribbon cable in the test socket? If so, this is normal behavior.

>>>>

>>>> Martin.

>>>>