Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

I don't know if ROM carts are particularly hard 
to find these days (RAM seem to be tho) but  
chanced across a bunch of them recently

I only wanted a few 
- so grabbed the voice crystal ones coz they 
had new sounds I hadn't heard before

the plan is to turn them into EEPROM / RAM
carts (thanks for the info Steve)

this leaves the whole series of original ROM carts
VPC-101 thru to VPC-105 + 1PC1 & IPC-2

yell out if anyone needs one / some


----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Steve Wahl" <steve@...>
To: <Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 4:15 AM
Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: RAM cartridge


> > 
> >    Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 00:13:19 -0000
> >    From: "simontekaudio <stek@...>" <stek@...>
> > Subject: RAM cartridge
> > 
> > I am hoping to track down a RAM cart.
> > 
> > Thinking these may be hard to find, but I guess you never know. I 
> > only want one, after all!!
> > 
> > Prepared to pay top dollar.
> > 
> > Failing that, a dead ROM or RAM cart will be of interest.
> 
> If you can still get the part, you can make a "RAM" cartridge from a
> ROM cartridge.  I put RAM in quotes becuase it's really an EEPROM.
> 
> http://www2.pro-ns.net/~steve//vfxcart.html
> 
> --> Steve

On Mon, Mar 03, 2003 at 08:46:39AM -0000, Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com wrote:
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 08:55:28PM +1030, Simon Rod. wrote:
> 
> I don't know if ROM carts are particularly hard 
> to find these days (RAM seem to be tho) but  
> chanced across a bunch of them recently
> 
> I only wanted a few 
> - so grabbed the voice crystal ones coz they 
> had new sounds I hadn't heard before
> 
> the plan is to turn them into EEPROM / RAM
> carts (thanks for the info Steve)

Just a slight caveat: The voice crystal carts have a different
cartridge body.  I'm not sure if they are anywhere near as easy to
open as the ensoniq ones.  I gave up trying to figure out how to open
one, myself.  If you figure it out, let us (or at least me) know, OK?

--> Steve