[sdiy] Interesting Midi Box for Parts etc...

[Peter Grenader]

Don't know if any of you have any been there, but I live in LA and ALL
Electronics is an interesting place to say the least.  They're the king of
surplus. I would wager that they don't have a clue about these midi units,
as they probably bought them by the pound.  I am half-serious about this.

When they got the keyboards from Alexis, there were literally hundreds of
them piled up all over the place.  The guys there knew they were musical
keyboards, heard from one guy who bought one that they might not work and
that's about it.  They've got piles of disk drives, partially built-up
faceplates, OEM DC supplies, old AM radios from cars....it's really a
terrific joint.

Ther's a box there about 3x3x3 feet that's literally filled to the hilt with
nos off-white plastic rotary TV channel knobs that look to be from about
1950!


> I wonder too.  Maybe it might be useful even with a known bug.  Since the
> evaluation would be for the benefit of the group, maybe others would be
> interested in contributing to the purchase of an evaluation unit for someone
> with the time and wherewithal to post a good evaluation to the list.  I
> would be happy to stick a couple of George Washingtons in a envelope and
> send them to you for a good review.  Maybe 15 or 20 others on the list might
> also.
> Others?
> Larry H
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 3:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Interesting Midi Box for Parts etc...
> 
> 
> Interesting.  Too bad they don't given even a drop of
> a clue as to just how this "software problem" manifests
> itself.  There are bugs and then there are BUGS.  If
> I were wealthy, I'd buy one and critique it for the list.
> However, if the bug is bad enough, you would be paying
> $40 for a box and some jacks...
> 
> Cynthia Webster <cynthia.webster at gte.net> wrote:
>> Hi Group!
>> 
>> I saw this and thought y'all might be interested...
>> 
>> http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=395&item=EX-630
> 3
>> &type=store
>> 
>> Cheers!
>> 
>> Cynthia
>> 
>> 
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