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

Andre Huijts a.huijts at upcmail.nl
Wed Dec 12 15:54:35 EST 2012


Dial-up ? you're kidding right ?



Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad

Op 12 dec. 2012 om 21:18 heeft John Robertson <jrr at flippers.com> het volgende geschreven:


> 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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