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

[John Robertson]

Andrew Welburn wrote:

> hey john.. i sent a response about this but it hasn't shown, is there 

> a spam filter stopping me somewhere?

>

> Andrew Welburn

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


The message was getting too big, (over 40K) so the system sends me a 
note every now and then and holds the message.

I can increase the allowable message size, but this one is approaching 
80K so I figure that some people may still be on dialup and would prefer 
not to get large messages. I think I'll make a separate post on this to 
find out...

John :-#)#

>

> On 12/12/2012 16:37, John Robertson wrote:

>> 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 :-#)#

>>> -----Original Message-----

>>> From: techtoolslist-bounces at flippers.com

>>> [mailto:techtoolslist-bounces at flippers.com] On Behalf Of Andre Huijts

>>> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 1:44 PM

>>> To: Technical Tools Mail List

>>> Subject: [Techtoolslist] Directory success !!! (for HDR that is…)

>>>

>>> 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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