HP 6101x and PCIB

From: Al Kossow <aek_at_spies.com>
Date: Fri Jul 9 21:29:45 2004

My question, though, is what's the alternative to PC-based test equipment?
Completely self-contained proprietary stuff?

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I'm of the Tony Duell school here.. Document as much as you can if you care
about using it in the future. 
The PC stuff is 'proprietary' as well, with the exeception of a few card 
vendors, you can't find out from them how it works (or doesn't...)
Any instrument with a microprocessor should have its ROMs read and backed
up. I got VERY lucky and was able to get my 16500B analyzer going again
because I had access to another unit, was able to read the eprom, and was
able to reprogram the part that had gone bad (a bit had gone to a '1' and
could be reprogrammed to '0')
The entire CPU board is a FRU, it's cheaper to find an entire chassis on
eBay than trying to find just the processor board.

Received on Fri Jul 09 2004 - 21:29:45 BST