[Techtoolslist] 6800 to 6502 pod conversion...

[John Robertson]

Andre Huijts wrote:

> Yeah saw that (I even posted in the thread when I was still active there (Level42).

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> I was lucky that my 6800 was a "jumpered version"....

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Yes, it looks like it should be fine, but the test fixture I have 
verifies that the pod meets Flukes standards, not just that the darn 
thing appears to be a 6502.

Docs on the test fixtures going up shortly...

John :-#)#

> Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad

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> Op 15 dec. 2012 om 19:37 heeft John Robertson <jrr at flippers.com> het volgende geschreven:

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>> Andre Huijts wrote:

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>>> So that should work on a converted 6800 pod as well because they are really identical.

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>> Not all 6800 pods are dual pods - the early ones were dedicated to the 6800 and need to have a fair bit of modification done. Here is a link to someone that has done that, however I have not done this so have not verified the results with my Fluke factory 6502 pod test fixture.

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>> http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=217476

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>> I'm going to check that out in January and will report to the list.

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>> John :-#)#

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>>> Op 15 dec. 2012 om 03:14 heeft John Robertson <jrr at flippers.com> het volgende geschreven:

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>>>> Andre Huijts wrote:

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>>>>> Decided to convert my 6800 to a 6502 pod tonight. I was lucky as both pos are the "jumper type" so it was merely copying the jumper set-up from the 6502 and replacing the 6800 with the 6502 of the defective pod.

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>>>>> Hooked it up to the 9100A and it went through self-test without any problem :)

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>>>>> Just for fun, I replaced the 6502 with a CM630P (bought 5 from Bulgaria on e-bay) and sure enough it went through self-test fine again.

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>>>>> André Huijts

>>>>> andre.huijts at upcmail.nl

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>>>> The regular 6502 pod supports a 6502B so put the fastest one you can find in it...

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>>>> John :-#)#

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