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Re: Disassembly update - II

2006-05-23 by patrioticduo

I m trying to keep the scope within the realms of sanity. So I m placing initial limits on the hardware upgrade. Required outcome: Upgrade the Poly 800 RAM and

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Re: Disassembly update - II

2006-05-23 by austeritygirlone

... Keep up the good work! After you ve figured out how to controll the peripheral synthstuff from the cpu and written a basic OS, that gets somethingn done

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Re: [korgpolyex] Poly800 lfo problem

2006-05-23 by jure zitnik

the pot in the joystick could be broken... try just disconnecting the joystick and if it eliminates the effect then that s it. replacing the pot could be a

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Poly800 lfo problem

2006-05-23 by olliestench

I recently bought another Poly800 and there is a weird problem with the joystick modulation. The synth will go into full modulation, as if the joystick was

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Re: Disassembly update - II

2006-05-23 by patrioticduo

Thanks Marcus, That would be great if you can dig up the data sheet on the MSM5232. I am only missing the data sheets for the TG and the filter. So if anyone

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Re: Disassembly update - II

2006-05-23 by patrioticduo

Thanks for the moral support. You always need that when you take on disassembly of 8K of machine code. I think you might be talking about hacking the old Taito

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Disassembly update - II

2006-05-22 by patrioticduo

Hi there Poly fans, Check out my web site which has some more details on the progress of my disassembly project. The more time I spend on this the more I think

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Re: Problem with the moog filter mod.

2006-05-18 by Dave Bowman

my solution wouldnt apply to you cos you unfortunately ruined your trimmer pots... instead of using fixed 100k (for cutoff) and 10k (for reso) resistors (these

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Re: breaking a poly 800

2006-05-18 by d ls

... How do I get rid of it? also the power input seems lose and the power will go if wiggled with power plug in it

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Re: Eprom?

2006-05-18 by patrioticduo

The keyboard itself is not velocity sensitive so I think that might be out of the question. Portamento would depend on the VCO s and the DA converter control.

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Re: Disassembly update

2006-05-18 by patrioticduo

... Bill, that s great news! Now I have someone else that can help me do the disassembly. :-) Are you trying to keep the 80 s alive too? I cut my teeth on 8

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Re: [korgpolyex] breaking a poly 800

2006-05-18 by Marcus Wilson

are you sure you dont wish to fix it? I have brought 2 polys back from the dead with power supply issues I have a poly800 that is missing some keys, and a

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breaking a poly 800

2006-05-18 by susan dagart

One of my polys has died, power trouble,but most part/boards should be fine if anyone needs parts

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Selling my EX800

2006-05-17 by cyril blanc

Hello I am selling my EX800 located in France. you can make a proposal for a price ! Best Cyril ... My Mail is filtered by Personal Antispam. Join the

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Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Eprom?

2006-05-17 by Atom Smasher

... ================== mono mode with portamento... velocity- DCA... velocity- DCF... -- ...atom ________________________ http://atom.smasher.org/ 762A 3B98

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Sounds great!!..

2006-05-16 by susan dagart

I can t wait! I have owned both the Korg Poly 800 Mk2 and The EX800. I currently have two Poly 800s. Does anyone know anything about a battery power mod? My

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Re: [korgpolyex] Re: Disassembly update

2006-05-16 by Bill Thompson

... Hi Mike, Many years ago I spent quite a bit of time programming embedded systems using the 8085. Being a packrat, I know that all the documentation is

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Re: Eprom?

2006-05-16 by austeritygirlone

... Rewriting the Firmware offers great possibilities only limited by the speed of the CPU, the size of the accesible ROM (changing chip may give more ROM,

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Eprom?

2006-05-15 by susan dagart

I m totally new to this burning lark,but just got a cheap eprom burner and wondered if it is asimple as just burning the EX800 bin file that I downloaded to a

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Re: Disassembly update

2006-05-15 by patrioticduo

Manu, The EPROM programmer is a very old Sunshine (Chinese) unit. The Compaq Presario is a very old Pentium-M class. The Poly 800 and EX800 run 80C85 CPU. The

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Re: [korgpolyex] Disassembly update

2006-05-15 by Manu

... I m very interested on this, can you send me the source code, please? :) I would love to take a look at it. ... That s VERY interesting. What model it is?

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Disassembly update

2006-05-15 by patrioticduo

OK, here s a little update. i) Rummaged through basement to find old 2764 EPROM programmer. ii) Built an old Win95/DOSv7 PC out of a Compaq Presario (because

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attn Plutoniq 9 and Trip... help needed!

2006-05-12 by Dave Bowman

Hi guys. I m writing in regard of this stuff plutoniq posted some time ago: Another worthwhile mod (while on the subject), would be to add an On/ Off switch to

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Re: Progress

2006-05-07 by patrioticduo

The MDK ROM was for the Poly 800 MK1 only. It made the original Poly 800 sysex capable. The MKII and EX both had built in sysex. Mind you, the sysex

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update the formula

2006-05-07 by archeologist

As Mike said, why drill all those nasty holes. Getting a retrofit is something i d be fully into. I got an ex800 recently and am keen to modify it, but don t

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Re: Progress

2006-05-06 by Alexander

Note: that s if mine even HAS that rom... Is there any way to tell from the way the device behaves (without opening it?)

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Re: Progress

2006-05-06 by Alexander

I m glad i m not the only person who thinks this is a good idea. I could do without the LCD even just for an arpeggiator (maybe tied in with the sequencer like

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Thxs for all the help

2006-05-06 by gregory_lega

I get back with a progress report soon. Oh by the way, todays my B day! What a great present from all you guys.

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Progress

2006-05-05 by patrioticduo

Well, this might take a few years but here are my plans. I see all these great modifications being done but wouldn t it be nice if they were fully supported

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