Doepfer

> I just got my A-190 in.  I was looking at it, and it has two circuit
> boards.  On the larger board, right at the top, under the "FACE" part
> of "INTERFACE", there is an 8 pin chip.  One of the pins is broken
> off, though.  Is this normal?  Just kind of had me alarmed, wanted to
> make sure that this was by design.  Thanks!

That's not a mistake. The pin is pinched off intentionally as the EEPROM
manufacturer has changed the meaning of this pin from MODE to WRITE CONTROL.
For the pcb layout of the A-190 the pin has to be removed. Otherwise the
EEPROM would be write protected (i.e. it would not be possible to store new
data). Please leave it as it is. Otherwise the A-190 will not work any more
!

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer