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Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap one
of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner of a
shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely old
units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work just
fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number is
FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such an item
even as NOS. Anyone help ?

TIA

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"Ar****wit Daily"

Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap one
of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner of a
shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely old
units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work just
fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number
is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such an
item even as NOS. Anyone help ?



** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear....


than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old.

Get real - you stupid, pommy ****head.


( my apologies to Slim Dusty )



..... Phil





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On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 22:42:23 +1100 "Phil Allison" wrote
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"Ar****wit Daily"

Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap one
of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner of a
shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely old
units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work just
fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number
is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such an
item even as NOS. Anyone help ?



** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear....


than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old.

Get real - you stupid, pommy ****head.


I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to
pronounce.
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On 1/5/2011 5:18 AM, Arfa Daily wrote:
Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap
one of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner
of a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely
old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work
just fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual
number is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking
such an item even as NOS. Anyone help ?

TIA

Arfa


Ebay #260659423706

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"Phil Allison" wrote in message
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"Ar****wit Daily"

Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap
one of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner
of a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely
old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work
just fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual
number is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking
such an item even as NOS. Anyone help ?



** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear....


than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old.

Get real - you stupid, pommy ****head.


( my apologies to Slim Dusty )



.... Phil


How many times do I have to tell you Philip ? This behaviour just gets you
back on that naughty step yet again ...

Now be a good little sheep-shagger, take your meds that you've forgotten
again, and crawl back under your stone until you feel better. Then, if
you've got anything valid to say, we might let you back in ...

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On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 22:42:23 +1100 "Phil Allison" wrote
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"Ar****wit Daily"

Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap
one
of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner of
a
shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely old
units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work just
fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number
is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such
an
item even as NOS. Anyone help ?



** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear....


than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old.

Get real - you stupid, pommy ****head.


I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to
pronounce.


It's called psychoticaussie****itis. When he remembers to take his meds,
it's quite well controlled. Unfortunately, every few weeks, he forgets them,
and then has an episode like this. Sad, really, because when it's properly
controlled, he can be quite lucid, and occasionally shows flashes of what
almost passes for intelligence in the normal world ...

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On 1/5/2011 5:18 AM, Arfa Daily wrote:
Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap
one of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner
of a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely
old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work
just fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual
number is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking
such an item even as NOS. Anyone help ?

TIA

Arfa


Ebay #260659423706

JC


Thanks very much for that. I put the owner onto it, but I'm not sure if he
is going to be able to get it, as the seller is in the US and we are in the
UK. When he tried to do a 'buy it now' on it, it refused him as not
qualifying for some of the sellers set criteria for buyers, and the one
causing the problem was "seller does not ship to your location". He is now
in the process of contacting the seller to see if he will exempt him from
the condition as it is small and Jiffy-baggable, and ship it anyway. Again,
thanks for the pointer.

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On 1/5/2011 9:43 AM, Arfa Daily wrote:


"Archon" wrote in message
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On 1/5/2011 5:18 AM, Arfa Daily wrote:
Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap
one of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner
of a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely
old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work
just fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual
number is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking
such an item even as NOS. Anyone help ?

TIA

Arfa


Ebay #260659423706

JC


Thanks very much for that. I put the owner onto it, but I'm not sure if
he is going to be able to get it, as the seller is in the US and we are
in the UK. When he tried to do a 'buy it now' on it, it refused him as
not qualifying for some of the sellers set criteria for buyers, and the
one causing the problem was "seller does not ship to your location". He
is now in the process of contacting the seller to see if he will exempt
him from the condition as it is small and Jiffy-baggable, and ship it
anyway. Again, thanks for the pointer.

Arfa

Most US sellers will ship to the UK if asked, the problem with offering
Worldwide shipping on Ebay is all the duff countries that sellers are
exposed to. If its a problem I'm sure some of us Stateside can help with
shipping a small item.
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On 1/5/2011 9:43 AM, Arfa Daily wrote:


"Archon" wrote in message
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On 1/5/2011 5:18 AM, Arfa Daily wrote:
Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap
one of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ?
Owner
of a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these
lovely
old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work
just fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual
number is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one
stocking
such an item even as NOS. Anyone help ?

TIA

Arfa

Ebay #260659423706

JC


Thanks very much for that. I put the owner onto it, but I'm not sure if
he is going to be able to get it, as the seller is in the US and we are
in the UK. When he tried to do a 'buy it now' on it, it refused him as
not qualifying for some of the sellers set criteria for buyers, and the
one causing the problem was "seller does not ship to your location". He
is now in the process of contacting the seller to see if he will exempt
him from the condition as it is small and Jiffy-baggable, and ship it
anyway. Again, thanks for the pointer.

Arfa

Most US sellers will ship to the UK if asked, the problem with offering
Worldwide shipping on Ebay is all the duff countries that sellers are
exposed to. If its a problem I'm sure some of us Stateside can help with
shipping a small item.
JC


Thanks. I'll let you know how we get on, and if we need any help getting it

Arfa

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I have for sale if you still need.

I am in Atlanta Ga

Got it off an old Oberheim thought is the exact same part!

Also have a PCM 70 NOS somewhere in here...

If I find it I will give a quote.

Cheers,

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I have for sale if you still need.

I am in Atlanta Ga

Got it off an old Oberheim thought is the exact same part!

Also have a PCM 70 NOS somewhere in here...

If I find it I will give a quote.

Cheers,

Nate


Thanks very much Nate - that's very helpful. Can you please mail me
off-group using the same address as I used to post this, so we can discuss
exactly what you have, and how much you need for it ? Thanks

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On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 22:42:23 +1100, "Phil Allison"
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** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear....
than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old.


The Lexicon PCM70 was first made in about 1988. That's 23 years.
Please adjust your abacus.

I just fixed a Digitech TSR-24 which was first made in 1995. I guess
16 years doesn't qualify. However, my Korg DSS-1 was first made in
1986, which is 25 years old, and certainly qualifies.
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/Korg_DSS-1/


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On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 22:42:23 +1100, "Phil Allison"
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** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some
****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old.


The Lexicon PCM70 was first made in about 1988. That's 23 years. Please
adjust your abacus.

I just fixed a Digitech TSR-24 which was first made in 1995. I guess 16
years doesn't qualify. However, my Korg DSS-1 was first made in 1986,
which is 25 years old, and certainly qualifies.
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/Korg_DSS-1/


I repaired one of these last year
http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/ps3100.php

Replaced a couple edge connectors for the gate and voice cards.
Hard to beat the sound of one of these in the right hands.



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"Bill Palmer is a ******"


"Ar****wit Daily"


( snip the fool's pathetic drivel )


** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear....


than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old.

Get real - you stupid, pommy ****head.


I don't know what your problem is,



** You one of the ****wit troll's sockpuppets ?



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"Jeff Liebermann is a DOPEY PRICK "

"Phil Allison"

** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear....
than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old.


The Lexicon PCM70 was first made in about 1988. That's 23 years.
Please adjust your abacus.



** Last time I looked - 23 was still a bigger number than 20.

Wot drugs is this IDIOT on ????



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** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear....
than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old.


The Lexicon PCM70 was first made in about 1988. That's 23 years.
Please adjust your abacus.

I just fixed a Digitech TSR-24 which was first made in 1995. I guess
16 years doesn't qualify. However, my Korg DSS-1 was first made in
1986, which is 25 years old, and certainly qualifies.
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/Korg_DSS-1/




I still fix the odd AMS DMX and RMX units, and the mighty Lexicon 224XL.
Some of these must be well over 30 years old now.

http://www.advancedaudiorentals.com/.../productid/152


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"Phil Allison is a ******"


I agree smirk


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"Jeff Liebermann is a DOPEY PRICK "

"Phil Allison"

** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some
****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old.


The Lexicon PCM70 was first made in about 1988. That's 23 years.
Please adjust your abacus.



** Last time I looked - 23 was still a bigger number than 20.

Wot drugs is this IDIOT on ????



.... Phil


PARTY POOPER!



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"Jeff Liebermann isa PITA prick"



I just fixed a Digitech TSR-24 which was first made in 1995. I guess
16 years doesn't qualify. However, my Korg DSS-1 was first made in
1986, which is 25 years old, and certainly qualifies.



** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear....

than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old.



..... Phil


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"Phil Allison"

** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear....
than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years
old.


The Lexicon PCM70 was first made in about 1988. That's 23 years.
Please adjust your abacus.



** Last time I looked - 23 was still a bigger number than 20.

Wot drugs is this IDIOT on ????



.... Phil


Calm down Philip ! Obviously, his drugs are better ones than yours. Now be
told, and go away and play nicely with your sheep, otherwise you'll be in
trouble again ...

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"Jeff Liebermann isa PITA prick"



I just fixed a Digitech TSR-24 which was first made in 1995. I guess
16 years doesn't qualify. However, my Korg DSS-1 was first made in
1986, which is 25 years old, and certainly qualifies.



** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear....

than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old.



.... Phil


Losing your memory as well as your mind, now Philip. You already said that
several times, and you're now becoming even more tedious and stupid than
usual. Take your meds like a good little boy, and **** off, whilst the rest
of us have a good laugh at how DUMB you are .... :-)

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** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear....

than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years
old.


Good description of yourself



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On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 02:46:58 -0000, "Arfa Daily"
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It would be appreciated. Putting FIP1615R into Goggle yields
no results, other than entries from this thread.


Oops. Try searching for NEC FIP16A5R instead. My typo error. Ok,
for penetance, I'll do some digging.

This looks interesting:
http://vintageplanet.nl
Stocks PCM-70 parts, but not the display. Might be worth a phone call
to see if he has any pointers.

Digging through this thread:
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/geekslutz-forum/41160-looking-pcm-70-screen.html
there are some interesting hints. Message #6 looks interesting:
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/2038735-post6.html

Search Digikey for D0116SY-20-1601FB-ND. Looks promising if it's the
same size. That leads to:
http://www.newhavendisplay.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=23_127
which makes similar displays.

List of VFD manufactories:
http://www.maxim-ic.com/app-notes/index.mvp/id/1154

Various candidates from Futaba:
http://www.futaba.com/products/displays/files/30.pdf
http://www.futaba.com/products/displays/files/33.pdf
http://www.futaba.com/products/displays/files/35.pdf

Can I go back to work now?

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On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 20:53:29 +0000 (UTC), Meat Plow
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I repaired one of these last year
http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/ps3100.php

Replaced a couple edge connectors for the gate and voice cards.
Hard to beat the sound of one of these in the right hands.


Nice. I like the old analog synths. That one is older than my
oldest.

If you looked carefully at my collection, the middle one is a Korg
PolySix first produced in 1981:
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/Korg_DSS-1/keyboards.jpg
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysix
http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/poly6.php
It's a tempermental beast of a keyboard, but it makes fine music. It
still has some kind of a problem with two of oscillators, which I'll
fix next time I'm inspired. There are also various web pages
recommending replacements and substitutions which should improve
things. Incidentally, most of the damage was caused by a leaky roof
dripping dirty water into the keys.

Showing off, live and full of mistakes:
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/music/

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On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 22:26:30 -0000, "Gareth Magennis"
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I still fix the odd AMS DMX and RMX units, and the mighty Lexicon 224XL.
Some of these must be well over 30 years old now.
http://www.advancedaudiorentals.com/.../productid/152


I've never seen those. I couldn't afford them when they were new.

However, if you want old reverbs, I have most of a mechanical reverb
box from the mid 1960's. Two pairs of big springs wound in opposite
directions, with a voice coil driver and tape head pickup inside.
Genuine germanium xsistors. I forgot the brand and model. I had it
inside my car for a while. Sounded great until I would drive over a
bump or pot hole.
http://www.google.com/images?q=reverb+spring
Still manufactured today for purists and masochists.


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"Bill Palmer is a ******"


"Ar****wit Daily"


( snip the fool's pathetic drivel )


** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear....


than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old.

Get real - you stupid, pommy ****head.


I don't know what your problem is,



** You one of the ****wit troll's sockpuppets ?


Unable to parse headers, eh?

You know something, Phil? If brains were Vaseline, you wouldn't have
enough to lube your prodigious bunghole with.

Now run along like a good little boy before I become cross.
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 02:46:58 -0000, "Arfa Daily"
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It would be appreciated. Putting FIP1615R into Goggle yields
no results, other than entries from this thread.


Oops. Try searching for NEC FIP16A5R instead. My typo error. Ok,
for penetance, I'll do some digging.

This looks interesting:
http://vintageplanet.nl
Stocks PCM-70 parts, but not the display. Might be worth a phone call
to see if he has any pointers.

Digging through this thread:
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/geekslutz-forum/41160-looking-pcm-70-screen.html
there are some interesting hints. Message #6 looks interesting:
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/2038735-post6.html

Search Digikey for D0116SY-20-1601FB-ND. Looks promising if it's the
same size. That leads to:
http://www.newhavendisplay.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=23_127
which makes similar displays.

List of VFD manufactories:
http://www.maxim-ic.com/app-notes/index.mvp/id/1154

Various candidates from Futaba:
http://www.futaba.com/products/displays/files/30.pdf
http://www.futaba.com/products/displays/files/33.pdf
http://www.futaba.com/products/displays/files/35.pdf

Can I go back to work now?

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Yessir ! You can ....

Thanks for that. I'll check them out

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On 1/6/2011 8:51 AM, Arfa Daily wrote:

that problem via a different route.


You can't use Ebay messages to contact a US seller from the UK site?
That's interesting.
JC


Well, you certainly used to be able to, but things change on eBay all
the time. I'm relying here on what my mate who owns the thing said when
he tried. He has a shop, and buys and sells on eBay all the time, so is
an experienced user. The first problem that he ran into when he tried to
do a "buy now" was that international sales were not supported by this
seller as one of his conditions, When he then tried to "contact seller",
it wouldn't let him, just putting up a series of questions and answers,
I think he said. Now, whether that is because he has this 'no
international sales' thing set or not, I really don't know. However,
we've now been able to contact the guy by a different route, and he has
agreed that he will ship to the UK.

Arfa


Ah, the pre answered questions thing, totally useless.
At the bottom of that list of options it says "other", if you choose
that it will lead you to a point where you can actually contact the
seller. Infuriating.

Good to hear you got it all sorted.
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:22:09 -0800, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 20:53:29 +0000 (UTC), Meat Plow
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I repaired one of these last year
http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/ps3100.php

Replaced a couple edge connectors for the gate and voice cards. Hard to
beat the sound of one of these in the right hands.


Nice. I like the old analog synths. That one is older than my oldest.

If you looked carefully at my collection, the middle one is a Korg
PolySix first produced in 1981:
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/Korg_DSS-1/keyboards.jpg References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysix
http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/poly6.php It's a tempermental beast
of a keyboard, but it makes fine music. It still has some kind of a
problem with two of oscillators, which I'll fix next time I'm inspired.
There are also various web pages recommending replacements and
substitutions which should improve things. Incidentally, most of the
damage was caused by a leaky roof dripping dirty water into the keys.

Showing off, live and full of mistakes:
http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/music/


Nice collection Jeff. And your playing isn't that bad. My very first
synth was an Octave Cat. http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/octavecat.php

It taught me how all the filters/oscillators/envelops/ stuff interacted
but being purely monophonic it wasn't much more in my hands than a noise
maker.

I traded the Cat for a Sequential Circuits Prophet 5.
http://www.vintagesynth.com/sci/p5.php

Damn! 5 voice polyphony! heh. Excellent string sounds. Striking actually
even for today. Alas no MIDI but hell I didn't even know what that was
back then.

Wish I would have held on to that because they are pretty rare these
days.

In the 90's I bought a new Kawai K1/II:
http://www.vintagesynth.com/kawai/kawaik1ii.php


WOW! PCM synth (albeit 8 bit) 256 samples, two extra sample cards, MIDI
I felt like a pig rolling in ****! Great today for hair band keys, nice
padded strings and horns, raw square and sawtooth powerleads. Wish I
would have held off for a year when they came out with 16 bit PCM.

5 years ago a family member gave me a Roland S10:
http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/s10.php

No internal sampling everything loads through floppy. The belt on the
floppy turned to rubber snot. Replaced, still wouldn't load. Tweaked
the head positions and BINGO, sound libraries loaded. Not a bad little
synth. Arpeggio, mic input to record your own samples. Have a sample of
my one niece when she was a toddler saying "I love you" too cute.

Now my quest is to own a Korg Triton rack. That is if one of my present
keyboards MIDI track well with a rack and there is not latency.

I also own a Casio MG-510 MIDI guitar:
http://www.mariarose.com/casio1.jpg

Very similar to the one in the picture but with 3 single coil pickups.
Note tracking is very good for the age of the MIDI controller. There is
some latency maybe 50ms. It's noticeable but easy to get used to.
It's also a very good sounding and playing guitar. I used it for gigs
back in the 90's. Occasionally layered guitar and MIDI together.


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arfa.daily wrote:

Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap
one
of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner of
a
shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely old
units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work just

fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number
is
FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such an
item
even as NOS. Anyone help ?

TIA

Arfa



Still interested after all these years? I've got one.

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, JoeF wrote:
arfa.daily wrote:

Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap
one of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ?
Owner of
a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely
old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to
work just

fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number
is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such an
item even as NOS. Anyone help ?

TIA

Arfa


Still interested after all these years? I've got one.

JF3


I forwarded to Arfa


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On 11/13/18 9:37 PM, JoeF wrote:
Still interested after all these years? I've got one.

JF3


email me, with a valid email return address.

Jeff


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On 11/14/18 5:52 AM, Fox's Mercantile wrote:
On 11/13/18 9:37 PM, JoeF wrote:
Still interested after all these years? I've got one.

JF3


email me, with a valid email return address.

Jeff




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