Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Agreed.
I have had oddball gremlins pop up and a full-whack reload solved them.
 
L.

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From: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of _steve_31
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 9:53 AM
To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Error Codes...



--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:Ensoniq-VFX-SD%40yahoogroups.com> , "surfermarketing"
<surfermarketing@...> wrote:
>
> Harry
> 129 odd address error
> 131 illegal instruction
> 137 line 1111 emulator
> Service manual says that some of these codes are to help software 
> developers. 

I happen to be a programmer / software developer -- not for Ensoniq,
but experienced in 68000 programming, which ensoniq used in the VFX
family and others.

Those 3 error messages map directly on to 68000 error / trap codes;
they are errors the processor itself detects while running software.

Indeed, these are all errors that one can get when developing
software. But in a very mature system like the synths you have, we're
probably talking about a memory corruption of some kind, like maybe
the memory got scrambled with something like a static zap, or maybe
(if a complete memory wipe / OS reload doesn't make the problem go
away) some piece of memory (RAM or ROM) or the bus that connects it to
the processor has deteriorated somehow and is starting to get errors.

If a reload doesn't fix it, you'll need to work with a technician to
fix it (or become one yourself).

--> Steve