Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

hey guys,

i did a bit of looking around on the web for cheap
eprom readers/burners after sending that post, and
i've found a diy project that looks as if it will work
fine - so i should be able to read the eprom image
myself.  i should have mentioned before, i'm in
australia - because of this, if nobody else on the
list is in the melbourne area and has a working eprom
reader, i'd kinda prefer to do it myself... 
otherwise, if i pull out the 27128 and ship it
internationally, i'll have a dead poly sitting around
for at least a couple of weeks.  and that thought just
makes me nervous. :]

the klm-680 schematic itself is really simple... 
nothing proprietary, just two 40H000P ICs, two
0.1u/25V CEs, and (on the official PCB, but not on the
schematic) two resistor-like components with a single
black line on the body, which are just glorified wire
links as far as i can tell.  it should be pretty
straightforward to design a pcb.

the only problem with all this is that i'm *really*
busy at the moment and will be until sometime next
week, so i hope you don't mind if i wait until then to
scan the docs and (maybe) build the eprom burner..  i
should be getting a webcam in the next couple of days,
so i can probably obtain some decent photos of the
klm-680 pcb.  but there you go - it's all pretty
simple really.  the most time-consuming part of the
installation process, besides cutting those traces, is
actually *finding* where you're supposed to solder the
wires from the klm-680's harness.  it's not really
difficult to do, just tedious. :]  if i can sort out
this eprom image it should be fairly simple to add the
retrofit to other mk1s.

by the way, if any of you use software plugins, check
out the range of shareware softsynths designed by
mikael, who sold me the retrofit kit...  he's from
sweden and is a really nice guy; i was prepared to pay
more than i did for the mdk but he said he was happy
just to get rid of it.  all i wound up doing was
buying him a cd (which turned into a bit of a saga,
but still) - it'd be cool to think that i could help
promote his work in return.
http://www.mhc.se/software/plugins/

anyway, if anyone else has the updated eprom and
already owns a reader/burner, it'll save me the
trouble of building one. :]  let me know if this is
the case.  otherwise, i'll get onto it asap.

-gareth

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g-reth davies
gklitschprizm mod\
(beware the gklitschkitty)
soul.devour;
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