Shift838 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 All, I seem to be having issues setting my date/time on the CC triple tech. does not seem I can take it past 2013 for some reason. Battery is good. Any thoughts ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 That is just too weird! Have you tried << THIS PROGRAM >> written by the late and great Gazoo and converted to FR99 format by Jedimatt42? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Pretty sure it only saves 2 digit year Sent from my LG-H830 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 That is just too weird! Have you tried << THIS PROGRAM >> written by the late and great Gazoo and converted to FR99 format by Jedimatt42? yup. that was the first one I tried. Then I used the typical XB program out of the tripletech manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted April 16, 2017 Author Share Posted April 16, 2017 when I go into SETCLOCK it will read the correct day of the week, but even though I put APR in for month it will show when it pulls it back up as 'AT' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 I think the CC works like the BWG- it accepts digital input (i.e., 01=January, 02=February. etc.). The year is 4 digits (i.e., 2017). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Chris, I'm not near mine for testing at the moment, but I remember Gazoo telling me that when the printer buffer chip goes bad the cards start acting funny. He said when the 64K chip is pulled, the cards start acting normally. If you have an IC extractor, you might want to try that... assuming you do not use the printer buffer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) Chris, I'm not near mine for testing at the moment, but I remember Gazoo telling me that when the printer buffer chip goes bad the cards start acting funny. He said when the 64K chip is pulled, the cards start acting normally. If you have an IC extractor, you might want to try that... assuming you do not use the printer buffer. good suggestion. If i recall correctly Gazoo recommended pulling the Z80 chip a couple of years ago or so. i'll try that. Edited April 17, 2017 by Shift838 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 i pulled the Z80 chip. Ran my XB program to set the clock and provided the below variables Day = 0 Date = 04/16/17 Time = 19:21:00 Ran a program to pull the Day, Date and Time and it returned: Day = 0 Date = 00/12/13 Time = 11:21:00 So something is off with the card some how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 does it work with an older date maybe ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 yes it seems to work with anything 2013, but after that it does not. I remember having an issue with it a couple of years ago because of 2015, but have not messed with it since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Do you have any other third-party cards in your box? Battery is new? Which cartridge is plugged in... grasping at straws here on the last one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 i measured the batter and it is putting out a bit over 3.2 volts so it's good. I have tried XB 2.7 and standard XB as well as the FR99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 What about 3rd party cards? Anything funky or out of the ordinary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Does anyone know if they ever updated the firmware? Could there be two separate versions? I'm totally stumped Chris. I plugged in my P-Box for the first time in quite a while and checked mine, everything was right except the time. It was two minutes slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 as far as out of ordinary. I have a few, but all were running with it before. WHT SCSI, 3MB HRD, SAMS 1024mb. Not a big deal for now. I pulled the tripletech for now. I only had it to put my speech in the PEB and if I decided to run my BBS from the 99/4A, but I decided not to do that. I still have my speech in the new All In One case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 i pulled the Z80 chip. Ran my XB program to set the clock and provided the below variables Day = 0 Date = 04/16/17 Time = 19:21:00 Ran a program to pull the Day, Date and Time and it returned: Day = 0 Date = 00/12/13 Time = 11:21:00 So something is off with the card some how. IIRC, each digit is converted from BCD to ASCII. It would appear you have a stuck bit based on how the date values are being masked. Try re-seating the clock chip and check for any broken resistors or resistor networks. The time is off by a different bit, however, this could be the result of the program not getting a proper response to whether you are in 24 or 12 hour mode. Try setting the time to "04:21:00" and "05:21:00" and see what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Ever get anywhere with this? Also anybody have a photo of one? I picked up one untested and it has empty sockets.. Assume something's supposed to be there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 Ever get anywhere with this? Also anybody have a photo of one? I picked up one untested and it has empty sockets.. Assume something's supposed to be there I have not revisited this since I have been back in the house..(yet). Been more than a year. I need to look at it again. Here are a front and back pick of mine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Missing u15 through 22 i assume ramAnd the socketed one to the right PIO corrected last chip.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flottmann1 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 here my Triple Tech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 doh pio is for the cable I will stuff some 4164's in there and see if that helps Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apersson850 Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Not really related to the problems here, but just in case anybody would ever need one, I once wrote a unit in Pascal, to be able to use the Triple Tech clock in the p-system. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+retroclouds Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Why is there a Z80 on the triple tech card? What is the Z80 used for? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apersson850 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 To run the printer spooling, I'd presume. Don't see any other reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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