K5synth

Hi everyone, 

I've got other news: there are a few updates to work on about
reconditioning the K5, since our last discussion about this are as old
as 2004. 

First, I just noticed that Night Launch (http://nightlaunch.com/)
doesn't exist anymore. Sadly, they were the only cheap LCD backlight
source we had. Fortunately, I think I found a replacement, which is
probably the exact thing Night Launch was selling. It's called
Flatlite, it's an EL light in a roll, and can be bought by the foot at
http://luminousfilm.com/ . At about $15/ft, it's probably the cheapest
option available, considering places like Telesis sell the K5
backlight for about $35. There seem to be quite a few colors available
as well.

Now, for those that also need a new inverter, there's one available
for about $10 from DigiKey. You can read more details about Jeffrey
Nelson's experience here :
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/k5synth/message/307 
http://www.kfuenf.org/en/k5_hackpage.html

That's all!
Antoine