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General Chat => Technical Area => Topic started by: vernimark on June 22, 2011, 12:25:25 PM

Title: STAR CASTLE repaired!
Post by: vernimark on June 22, 2011, 12:25:25 PM
I started from this condition:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9h0c9qYkZM

in some positions some vertex were drawn in a wrong position no so far from the original.

After some checks the problem was in a faulty 74194 (4-BIT BIDIRECTIONAL UNIVERSAL SHIFT REGISTERS) in position N4: Secondary accumulator, logic block 3

regards,
vernimark
www.vernimark.com/arcade
Title: Re: STAR CASTLE repaired!
Post by: level42 on June 22, 2011, 12:51:16 PM
Something tells me you used the HP comparator to find this problem ;)

Always good to have it documented !!!
Title: Re: STAR CASTLE repaired!
Post by: speleo_de on June 22, 2011, 02:39:33 PM
Something tells me you used the HP comparator to find this problem ;)

Me too :)

BTW this tool is meant: http://pdp-8.org/tools.html#HP_10529A_Logic_Comparator (http://pdp-8.org/tools.html#HP_10529A_Logic_Comparator)
Title: Re: STAR CASTLE repaired!
Post by: vernimark on June 22, 2011, 03:50:37 PM
Something tells me you used the HP comparator to find this problem ;)

HAHA that's true!!
Title: Re: STAR CASTLE repaired!
Post by: level42 on June 22, 2011, 04:25:59 PM
@Marco:  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D I _knew_ it...must be telepathy ;)

@Andreas....cool, I want !
Title: Re: STAR CASTLE repaired!
Post by: vernimark on June 22, 2011, 04:50:57 PM
to say the truth I had some difficulties to understand how to troubleshoot a chip with the generic golden card (http://www.torontosurplus.com/test-equipment-1/analyzers-1/logic/hp-10529a-20005-agilent-10529a-20005-blank-boards-for-10529a-logic-comparator.html ), but it works great with the expansion (Socket adapter board with ZIF socket)
Title: Re: STAR CASTLE repaired!
Post by: level42 on June 22, 2011, 05:08:05 PM
The HP units are a lot more than 30 bucks on E-bay though !!
Title: Re: STAR CASTLE repaired!
Post by: Etienne MacGyver on June 22, 2011, 07:13:45 PM
thats why they say "be patience"  ;)