[sdiy] Mighty MARF and VCO

[Grant Richter]

> Added many MARF photos (it's a mind-bogglin' thing)

Wait until you see the logic diagram, it's like an FPGA in Chinese.

> But there is NO WAY
> I'm applying power to 350+ 30yr old CMOS ICs.

What's the big deal? I do it every day.

Buchla modules were as deluxe as they could make them in the day. They were
VERY expensive when new (that 32 step MARF would have been $5K in 1975
dollars). That is why so few were made. Moog 900 modules were a bargain by
comparison.

Don's stated goal was to make the "Stradivarius" of electronic instruments,
I know he did his best to make them as reliable and repairable as possible.
Although module MTBF is famously low due to insane design complexity and
unreliable parts.

Just like all of us, heh? No one would work as hard as we do, just to make a
poor instrument.