[Techtoolslist] HP 1611A

[William Stillwell]

Omar, Yep, Its sitting down at the Makerspace for members to use.

Dave, Sadly, unless your willing to have something to donate back to the
makerspace, it kind of already has a home.

William Stillwell


Board Member - Inspiration labs, Inc. a 501c3 organization

Board Member & Co-Founder - Byte Amusement Group // Free Play Florida
Arcade & Pinball Show a 501c3 organization

Member of MakerFX - a 501c3 organization

Former Board Member - West Central Florida Group - a 501c3 Organization.


On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 6:08 PM Omar Vega <omv at cinematronics.org> wrote:

> " It was donated to me, but I never turned it on lol."
> After all that effort in getting it to you..... Not surprised ;-)
>
> I never found the additional Z80 pod I used to have but there are still a
> few places left to look
>
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> William Stillwell
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>
> 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
>
>
> Board Member - Inspiration labs, Inc. a 501c3 organization
>
> Board Member & Co-Founder - Byte Amusement Group // Free Play Florida
> Arcade & Pinball Show a 501c3 organization
>
> Member of MakerFX - a 501c3 organization
>
> Former Board Member - West Central Florida Group - a 501c3 Organization.
>
>
> 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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