[Techtoolslist] Directory success !!! (for HDR that is.)

[John Robertson]

David Shoemaker wrote:

> I am really curious about the PARTLIB directory and what that is all about.

> Why are there TTL chips and connectors on the 9100?

>

> David

>   


The TTL etc parts are on the Library discs - these are so you can build 
Guided Fault tests...the 9100 is quite a powerful machine!

The 9100A manuals, while rather thick, have many surprises buried in them.

There are 9100A training courses in the files, you may want to review them:

Fluke/PDFs/Training and Troublshooting/9100A Training (spll chck brokn)

John :-#)#

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>

> Thanks to Martin's instruction file about setting up RS-232 comms between a

> PC and the 9100 AND one of his e-mails about the backup utility I succeeded

> in getting a directory from the HD in the 9100.....

>

> I remembered that I still had one of those blue "Laplink"  cables, very nice

> null-modem cable with on one end a sub-9 D and on the other both a sub-9 and

> a sub-25 (?)

> So that fitted perfectly. I used my ancient Toshiba T1910 that I recently

> dug-out to set-up my Needham EMP-10 EPROM programmer. 

> I searched a bit for a DOS terminal program and I found CONEX75.

>

> I was typing messages from and to the 9100 right away ! :)

>

> Following the instructions about the Backup utility (which turned out to be

> already installed) and using the "capture to file" option I succeeded in

> getting a complete directory.

>

> I could have used my USB to RS-232 cable and the Mac just as well of course

> but this was only to see if I got it to work at all...

>

> Reading further in the PDF I saw that it is not possible to just get a

> directory from a floppy. (The only directory you can get from a floppy is

> from a backup set, using the last disk of the set)

>

> Moved the file using "sneaker net" to the Mac and now I am going to bore you

> guys with the entire directory ! :)

>

> If there is anything wrong (that I should remove) or interesting down

> here....please let me know :)

>

>

> Contents of directory /HDR/

>         Filename            Size     Write Protected    Date    Time

>   ======================  =========  ===============  ===============

>   Info                           47        Protected  09/11/26  21:25

>   MEVALID                         0        Protected  93/10/19  17:12

>   NDISKS                          2        Protected  91/07/24  14:48

>   TEXT$BACKUP.DIR                 0                   09/12/09  22:54

>   ZYSETIOMOD                    944        Protected  90/07/19  14:29

>   ZYSETKYSEQ                   1120        Protected  90/07/19  14:29

>   ZYSETMISC                     116        Protected  90/07/19  14:29

>   ZYSETPOD                      628        Protected  90/07/19  14:29

>   ZYSETRAMRO                     24        Protected  90/07/19  14:29

>

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