Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Just curious.  was that "61" midi?  I bought something like it for 
$1500 just before midi came out.  Whoops. I have an EX 800 who hasn't 
had battery change for centurys.  Maybe original? 

--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "toorglick" <toorglick@y...> wrote:
> If you look at the manual available from Old Crow's site, page 5 
and 
> then page 40 seem to contradict one another.  Page 5 implies the 
> memory is backed up by an internal battery (a battery other than 
the 
> C batteries), while page 40 implies that this isn't the case.  
> Somewhere, maybe here, I read that there's a capacitor that holds a 
> charge long enough to save the memory while the C batteries are 
> changed.  That makes sense when reading page 40, but others who 
have 
> the 3v lithium battery can point to page 5.
> 
> Anyway, just thought I'd add this to the battery discussion.  I 
just 
> won a Poly 800 off of Ebay and I'm waiting for it to arrive.  As I 
> read more about the battery or lack thereof I'm becoming more and 
> more curious to know which version mine will be.  I don't know if 
> I'll be glad it has a battery back-up or not.  I know in any case 
> I'll have to replace the battery, or add a back-up battery because 
> mine needs "reprogram."  
> 
> I just unloaded a Poly 61, and already miss it, so the Poly 800 
ought 
> to make me feel right at home.