[Techtoolslist] Fluke 8088 pod and a moron...

[John Robertson]

The pod cables to the base are all the same, so you can use one from 
either the Z80 or 8086 to test your 8088 pod.

John :-#)#

At 3:50 PM -0500 12/10/05, Greg Baumgratz wrote:

>Do you know if they are the some from pod to pod so that I can at 

>least verify my pod still works?  I have a couple Z80 and an 8086 

>pod that I can pull from to verify but I haven't had a chance to pin 

>out the cables yet.  Still not talking to myself over the reversed 

>connector issue...

>

>Greg

>

>

>

>John Robertson wrote:

>

>>Oh...that might not be so good for the pod.

>>

>>I do have used, untested, pod-base connector cables for sale. Say, 

>>I dunno, $20US plus shipping seem fair? TTL members only pricing...

>>

>>John :-#)#

>>

>>At 1:21 PM -0500 12/10/05, Greg Baumgratz wrote:

>>

>>>Thanks for the reply - actually, it's the cable that goes from the 

>>>9010 base to the pod that I reversed inside the pod and is also 

>>>the one that wiggling seemed to allow the self test to pass.  Are 

>>>those available anywhere or should I recrimp pins into the 

>>>connector?  I am assuming they are different from pod to pod - is 

>>>this a correct assumption as well?  As for rummaging through your 

>>>extensive pile of spare parts, when can I show up?

>>>

>>>Thanks,

>>>Greg

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>John Robertson wrote:

>>>

>>>>Unlikely that reversing the cable would damage the pod. The 

>>>>inputs are ALL protected up to 15VDC as I recall. Rather it is 

>>>>far more likely that you simply have a bad cable. You can order 

>>>>one from Digi-Key - Single-Ended - Style 2 (or 4 depending on 

>>>>where you want pin 1) from CW Industries - the Canadian part 

>>>>number (hey I'm in Canada) is C2PXT-4018M-ND for an 18 inch one 

>>>>that you can then simply crimp on the 40 pin socket #CSR40T-ND 

>>>>(with strain relief).

>>>>

>>>>At least that's what I would do (after rummaging through my pile 

>>>>of pod spare parts (extensive)).

>>>>

>>>>John :-#)#

>>>>

>>>>At 6:23 AM -0700 12/9/05, voyager at galaxian.com wrote:

>>>>

>>>>>I received a Fluke 8088 pod yesterday and plugged it in to do a 

>>>>>self test to see if my 'untested' pod worked or not.  Well the 

>>>>>test failed, but if I wiggled the cable at the pod side it 

>>>>>seemed to pass - so I pulled the case apart to look for loose 

>>>>>connections or wires. I looked at the cable connection that was 

>>>>>a little lose, disconnected it, plugged it back in and ran the 

>>>>>test again to produce nothing at all.  Next, I realized the 

>>>>>connector was on backwards - nice.  Of course, reversing it 

>>>>>producing nothing but a failure worse than before and wiggling 

>>>>>the cable does nothing. Anyone done this yet that has some info 

>>>>>on how much damage it did to the pod?  I could troubleshoot it 

>>>>>with another 8088 pod, but I do not have another...

>>>>>

>>>>>Greg

>>>>

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