[Techtoolslist] HP 1611A

William Stillwell ki4swy at gmail.com
Fri Mar 5 13:05:19 EST 2021


I have a 1611A with 6502, however, have very little use for it, as i have
many other test tools. It was donated to me, but I never turned it on lol.

William Stillwell


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On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 12:55 PM Dave McGuire <
mcguire at mcguirescientificservices.com> wrote:

>
>    Hi folks, I'm mostly a lurker here, but I think some of you know me.
> I run LSSM in Pittsburgh.  Most of our machines are classified as "big
> iron" (DEC PDP-11s, IBM mainframes, etc) but now that we are starting
> some restoration work on some early microprocessor-based systems, I
> decided to dig into the small stack of HP 1611As that I was given a few
> years ago.
>
>    For the unfamiliar, the 1611A is a bench instrument that is
> essentially a microprocessor-specific logic analyzer.  You plug its pod
> into your microprocessor socket, plug your microprocessor into its pod,
> run your system, and it allows you to set breakpoints, scroll through a
> disassembled execution trace (addresses and mnemonics) on its display,
> halt/single-step, etc.
>
>    They support most of the major microprocessors such as 8080, 8085,
> Z80, 6800, 6809, 6502, 1802, F8, etc.
>
>    The 1611A is a generalized instrument that uses "personality modules"
> which consist of two boards inside the unit, half of the front panel,
> and the pod on a cable.  You can see where this is going...the pods are
> always long gone.
>
>    I've designed a replacement pod for the Z80 personality, and am
> awaiting PCBs.
>
>    This is a long-winded way of asking if anyone here has had any
> contact with these systems. (I'm not a man of few words..)
>
>               Thanks,
>               -Dave
>
> --
> Dave McGuire
> McGuire Scientific Services, LLC
> New Kensington, PA
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