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EEPROM Cartridges

2011-06-08 by john bluhm

I'll bet there are some people here who would be willing to sell a VFX ROM cartridge so

you could convert it to an EEPROM. I remember Ensoniq dealers would give those ROM

cartridges away for free just so they could get you into their store to give you their sales

pitch for the latest gear they were trying to sell.

Making it from scratch ~ it would not be hard to make the circuit board (as it a dual sided

board, and not a multi-layer board); but, how could you possibly make the plastic case?

Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] EEPROM Cartridges

2011-06-08 by Christian Brunschen

On Jun 8, 2011, at 3:30 PM, john bluhm wrote:

> I'll bet there are some people here who would be willing to sell a VFX ROM cartridge so
> you could convert it to an EEPROM. 

That may well be the case, but that's not what I'm looking for.

> I remember Ensoniq dealers would give those ROM
> cartridges away for free just so they could get you into their store to give you their sales
> pitch for the latest gear they were trying to sell.
>  
> Making it from scratch ~ it would not be hard to make the circuit board (as it a dual sided
> board, and not a multi-layer board); 

Exactly.

> but, how could you possibly make the plastic case?

I don't particularly care about the plastic case - and in a previous post I included a link to an eBay auction where the seller is making & selling ESQ-1 cartridges, apparently from scratch, without the corresponding plastic case. Something similar that would still protect the inside of the keyboard could probably be made instead - but it doesn't have to be identical.

Being able to make new EEPROM (and for that matter, EPROM) cartridges strikes me as a very good thing in general.

Best wishes,

// Christian

Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] EEPROM Cartridges

2011-06-08 by jammie.emma@blueyonder.co.uk

making a case is not a problem take it to link51 they make a injection mould from old case and produce new ones

ive done this with various plastic parts for engineering jobs that are not produced any more to keep

but as i use floppy disks never really had the use for cartriges and now the floppy emulator can read and write edm files ill be going with that next

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I'll bet there are some people here who would be willing to sell a VFX ROM cartridge so

you could convert it to an EEPROM. I remember Ensoniq dealers would give those ROM

cartridges away for free just so they could get you into their store to give you their sales

pitch for the latest gear they were trying to sell.

Making it from scratch ~ it would not be hard to make the circuit board (as it a dual sided

board, and not a multi-layer board); but, how could you possibly make the plastic case?

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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] EEPROM Cartridges

2011-06-08 by Jon Carroll

Oh, you can have the cases made as well...

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Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] EEPROM Cartridges

I'll bet there are some people here who would be willing to sell a VFX ROM 
cartridge so
you could convert it to an EEPROM. I remember Ensoniq dealers would give 
those ROM
cartridges away for free just so they could get you into their store to give 
you their sales
pitch for the latest gear they were trying to sell.

Making it from scratch ~ it would not be hard to make the circuit board (as 
it a dual sided
board, and not a multi-layer board); but, how could you possibly make the 
plastic case?

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