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Removing them all was a must, certain components can interfere multimeter readings (low impedance resistors, dead capacitors, etc.). And yes, I was going the scanner way (scanners don't have either lightning or perspective problems). You…

Hi Jaume,
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did I understood well, that you put off all components of the PCB to get an empty board? Then you want to draw a circuit diagram of the board?

In the 1990s a colleague and I did a similar job, but we did not destroy the…

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Fortunately the worst part is nearly finished... albeit the connector will prove to be a nightmare.

At this point six ICs, two resistors, four resistor arrays, four capacitors, a socket and the connector remain soldered. Three new…

Thanks Jaume;
You chose a tedious job.
It is a pity that we really do not have circuit diagrams of the TA Triumph Adler / sks of the Px machines of the plug-in cards.

I still have a sks-KISS CPU card - which I successfully tested in a P2U. But I had to…

Greetings,

A few days ago I started to desolder the P3's CPU board (CAAA08 - CA1102/8HP00067). The desoldering hand pump broke soon afterwards and this Monday received a replacement (which broke after 1h of use, but that's another story ). Approximately…

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I have a newer design that has to surpass the 64KB limit. The problem is that either the original trigger and its interactions with the other boards are still not documented. A few months ago I started to trace the board using…

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It's U1 A/B . The same ic, different packages. But I have yet to see a narrow 128K x 8 sram.

Hallo miteinander,
Ich durfte heute an einer Alphatronic P1 (!!!) die ROMs auslesen - beim Tastaturtreiber hat mich dann fast der Schlag getroffen, da nicht wie bei MOS und Zeichengenerator die eh schon grausamen TMS2716, sondern ein noch gruseligerer…

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Yes, the memory boards. Piggybacking may help; doesn't always work but most time is a useful trick to test for defective RAM without desolder.

Do you know if the memory is directly connected to the data bus or there is something in…

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You had no option... sad.

Other than continuity, what tests have you performed on them?

Regards,
Jaume

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No apologies, sir. Your considerations were fair. And now is more than plausible.

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Really bad news.
I don't know the KISS enough to know but if it is similar enough to the P2 then it shouldn't. Do you have any other…

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Hello helwie44


Not sure. The reason I started the thread long ago was to find a better datasheet of this ic, which may be used by many computers of different origin. I found one better (I think it was) at bitsavers.



Regards

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5027 is the Intersil reference, while TMS9927 is its reference given by TI (it was second-sourced).
The VTAC 5027 does not behave the same way as the 5037 while in interlaced mode, but in non-interlaced mode they should be completely…

Greetings,

I have a board from the arcade "Speed Up" (checked by its reference), from Spanish manufacturer Gaelco. The board seems to contain the EPROMs with the game and its graphics, as well seven custom ICs and what I think it is a Jamma connector (I…

Kumpel hat den Handel mit Konsolen aufgegeben, hat dann gesagt, komm vorbei, hol den Mist ab.
34 Konsolen, Sprit für Fahrt ca. 10€, fertig.
Zwei Tage dran repariert, gereinigt, gemacht, getan. Ein paar Sachen schon verschenkt.
Habe nur ein Spiel und…

Neuzugang in meiner Altpapiersammlung.

Da wird eine Plotterkarte beschrieben, die mittels zweier DACs einen analogen XY Schreiber ansteuert.

Das wird ein schönes Projekt!