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'''Including repairs of DF1 and DF2 display formatters''' | |||
==IC socket problem== | |||
The 7D01, [[DF1]], and [[DF2]] are often affected by '''[[bad TI IC sockets]]'''. | The 7D01, [[DF1]], and [[DF2]] are often affected by '''[[bad TI IC sockets]]'''. | ||
Tek eventually had to run an unpublicized board exchange program for those instruments due to the high failure failure rates. | Tek eventually had to run an unpublicized board exchange program for those instruments due to the high failure failure rates. | ||
==Bad ROMs== | |||
[[File:Tek DF1 ROM_piggyback PCB.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Piggyback ROM board in place (click to enlarge)]] | |||
Old mask ROM chips frequently fail, e.g. due to electromigration problems. Unfortunately, the DF1 CPU board uses 2k×8 ROMs with pre-JEDEC pinouts (see [[Mostek MK31000]]) so there are no easy in-socket replacements. The expansion ROM in the DF2 should be compatible with a 2516 EPROM. | |||
However, there are pin headers P207, P208, P209 and P210 next to the CPU, originally used to connect the memory daughterboard or a test system, that make it easy to add a small custom piggyback board with a decoder and a more modern E(E)PROM. An 8k×8 chip (2764, 2864) is sufficient to hold the 6kB needed for the DF2. As a bonus, this upgrades a DF1 to a DF2 if the missing front panel key is added as well (pads are present on the PCB). The stock ROM chips must be removed prior to installing the piggyback board. | |||
<gallery> | |||
Tek DF1 DF2 ROM replacement board schematic.png | ROM piggyback board schematic (click to enlarge) | |||
Tek DF1 ROM_piggyback.jpg | Prototype | |||
Tek DF1 ROM_piggyback PCB.jpg | Production PCB | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Links== | |||
* [[Media:Tek DF1 ROM piggyback PCB.zip| ZIP file with EPROM image, Eagle BRD and SCH files for the ROM replacement board]] designed by [[User:Peter|Peter]] | |||
[[Category:Instrument repair reports]] | [[Category:Instrument repair reports]] |