HP logic analysers - IAs and utils?

[Erik Baigar]

Hi Philip!

>   I know a few folks here own HP 1600-series logic analysers, so I hope this
I am using 1661a for reverse-engineering a small 
core memory based computer. I am very happy with it

>   I've just hacked together a little symbol loader for the 1651B. All it does
> is read a text file full of "LABEL = $F00D" format lines, then loads them all
> into the 1651B's symbol table. Very handy when debugging microprocessor
> systems with one of these analysers (especially when you've got an inverse
> assembler for the target CPU).
What kind of interface do you use? Wrote something 
similar for my 1661a based upon Solaris and gpib.

>   In addition to that, I've also thrown together a 6502 inverse assembler for
> the 1651B (though it *should* work on the other 1650 and 16500 series
> machines too). It understands all the Western Design Center 65C02S "extra"
> instructions, and should (in theory at least) work with raw 6502 and Rockwell
> 65C02 code as well.
That sounds interesting! Does it mean, the analyzer 
does the operations? I know, that such software was 
available for these analyzers and I'd be interested 
in this stuff. 
Can the code be modified (e.g. is it possible to implement
an other CPU?)?

> copy of the 1650B Programmer's Manual and threw together a Windows-based
> (although it could be ported to Linux console-mode easily enough) tool to
> replace IALDOWN.
Depends on what communication library you used...

  Best reagrds,

    Erik.