[Techtoolslist] RASTER: FW: Using 8080 pod on Midway8080 boards (Space Invaders)

[Kevin Moore]

I have successfully run all Atari boards with the 6502, and 6809 pods.

Generally I do a Run UUT @0 I never type in 0000 Don't know if that
makes a difference.

Kevin


On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 9:02 PM, Clay Cowgill <c.cowgill at comcast.net> wrote:

>> We have seen a failure of a

>> 6502 pod such that the address driver line was "weak" and

>> couldn't always drive successfully drive the pin above the

>> TTL threshold.  That same pod would pass its own self test,

>> presumably because the loopback inputs of the pod have higher

>> impedance than the target board address lines.  Perhaps

>> something like that is happening here?

>

> Out of curiosity, has anyone successfully run Tempest from the 6502 pod?  I

> never had any trouble using one to poke around in memory and test stuff (way

> back with the Tempest multigame), but my Tempest machine would never 'run'

> from the 9010.  Tried a couple different CPU's and maybe even a 9005, but I

> only had one 6502 pod...  Never really knew if it was just my machine, the

> pod or both...

>

> -Clay

>

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