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From: dont@tekig1.UUCP (Don Taylor)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: logic analyzers
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Date: Sun, 22-Apr-84 13:58:44 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 22 13:58:44 1984
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     Well, one thing that I think would be nice to see on a logic analyzer would
be a couple of 16, 20, 24, and 40 pin connectors on the analyzer that could be
attached to a ribbon cable.  Just unplug the IC, plug the ribbon cable into the
board under test, plug the IC back in, and tell the la which pins you are really
interested in displaying.  This would stop the rats nest of a dozen micro clips,
all attached to the same chip.  This same idea could work with a glomper clip,
from the top, and the same method of giving ALL the pins to the la.  It would
make 'well, i dunnow, maybe your right, what is the interrupt line doing?,' and
the fun process of trying to get a clip in around that little leg.  Just tell
the silly machine to show me that pin!  Now building that mux inside the box is
going to take work, but I think the users would love it.  (let me hear votes on
that one, if you would)
     One other point, watch out for the kinds of clips you get with the thing.
Ive used an HP analyzer, (no offense intended), where the clip was a small tube
with the actual connector extruded from the end.  The tube was metal, with paint
to insulate it from adjacent pins.  The paint quickly wore off and we kept 
shorting pins together.
Don Taylor
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