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General Chat => Technical Area => Topic started by: Elgen on April 08, 2013, 04:04:37 PM

Title: TAD Cabal Trackball To Joystick Conversion
Post by: Elgen on April 08, 2013, 04:04:37 PM
http://elgensrepairs.blogspot.dk/2013/04/tad-cabal-trackball-to-joystick.html (http://elgensrepairs.blogspot.dk/2013/04/tad-cabal-trackball-to-joystick.html)
Title: Re: TAD Cabal Trackball To Joystick Conversion
Post by: ataritoobin on April 08, 2013, 06:36:55 PM
http://elgensrepairs.blogspot.dk/2013/04/tad-cabal-trackball-to-joystick.html (http://elgensrepairs.blogspot.dk/2013/04/tad-cabal-trackball-to-joystick.html)

Very nice :)!  I seem to remember some collectors being interested in finding the joystick version, so this is certainly very useful!
Title: Re: TAD Cabal Trackball To Joystick Conversion
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on April 08, 2013, 06:50:23 PM
I like the stuff you do !
Title: Re: TAD Cabal Trackball To Joystick Conversion
Post by: Laszo on April 09, 2013, 11:52:10 PM
Nice job, well done.
Title: Re: TAD Cabal Trackball To Joystick Conversion
Post by: kroustibat on April 10, 2013, 08:53:39 AM
Great job elgen ! i really enjoy reading your repair logs !

While reading your website yesterday at work (during lunch time :D), i was on your fluke 9010 mod page. Being in a medical company who do radiography table for hospital for more than 20 years, one of my collegue says "hey i know that device!". So i started talking to him about our hobby and how it's useful for pcb repairs .

And this morning, when i arrived on my desk, i saw a flyer on my keyboard ! my colleague found a boxed 9010a with another box full of cables!!! Unfortunatly only one pod (8085)
anyway, it was a great surprise , i really do love my job :))
Title: Re: TAD Cabal Trackball To Joystick Conversion
Post by: Elgen on April 10, 2013, 08:58:07 AM
That's awesome...it's a great tool };-P
Should there be more that 1 probe or maby more than 1 of the module depicted, I could be interested in buying some of it };-P
Title: Re: TAD Cabal Trackball To Joystick Conversion
Post by: kroustibat on April 10, 2013, 09:17:01 AM
i need to check with the company's inventory manager first, if i really can have it ( i don't think , there'll be problems , it's not used anymore).
If there's double pods, or modules, i'll happily surrender them to you for only the postage price, i don't see myself selling stuff i got for free , specialy, it's thanks to your site , i'd have them ;)
Title: Re: TAD Cabal Trackball To Joystick Conversion
Post by: Elgen on April 10, 2013, 09:19:44 AM
I'm honoured! Really };-P

And thnx for the kind words...
Title: Re: TAD Cabal Trackball To Joystick Conversion
Post by: Belike on April 10, 2013, 11:14:08 AM
Another great job, well done!
I also have an original working trackball version and a non-working boot, perfect candidates for this mod. :D
Title: Re: TAD Cabal Trackball To Joystick Conversion
Post by: kroustibat on April 18, 2013, 09:20:10 AM
I'm honoured! Really };-P

And thnx for the kind words...

i received the fluke , unfortunatly nothing in double , just the device boxed , manuals, probe , 8085 probe and a NOS spare rs232kit (and 2 nos tape)

https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=3534.msg64530#msg64530
Title: Re: TAD Cabal Trackball To Joystick Conversion
Post by: Elgen on April 18, 2013, 09:25:25 AM
Cool, the tape drive might actually still be working then...awesome...
Title: Re: TAD Cabal Trackball To Joystick Conversion
Post by: kroustibat on April 18, 2013, 09:44:43 AM
Cool, the tape drive might actually still be working then...awesome...

i can tell, it was barely used , as they told me they bought the fluke in 1988 to spend some budget left , but as the cpu needed to be soldered and not socketed on our pcb, the fluke was pretty useless
Title: Re: TAD Cabal Trackball To Joystick Conversion
Post by: Elgen on April 18, 2013, 09:50:14 AM
Nice...It's a real gem. The RS232-kit is very expensive, should one buy it... and the probe is extremely cool to have. I'm thinking about building one myself (the schematics is in the manual)...