flux related incident

[media at mail1.nai.net]

"It's not a bug, it's your solder flux--I mean, it's a feature."

Last night I tried hooking up my SCI Six-Trak.  I haven't used it since I
moved.  Prior to that I had replaced the battery and tested everything.  It
worked fine.

Well, last night it didn't work.  I hoped it didn't get damaged in transit.
I tried using to several key combinations to flush out the RAM but nothing
seemed to work. So, I decided to open it up, remove the battery, ground the
RAM chips and put it then back together.

While I had it opened and was testing the battery voltage I noticed what
seemed like a salt stain around the terminals.  I scraped it off and then
cleaned the area with a damp cloth.  Having read the ASM-1/flux thread I'd
thought I'd close it up and see if it worked.  It did!!

So flux was the problem.  Everything seems to work fine.  The only problem
I noticed is stuck notes.  I suspect a bad MIDI connection.  Anything else
I should check??

PEACE OUT :)
MARK



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"The problem with early synthesizers was that they produced
 very square waves in every sense of the word."
                                          -- David Vorhaus