Odyessey Problems

[David Salter; National 542 2402]

Hi all,

I brought recently a black and orange odyessey, well the interesting
bits of one, i.e. the front panel and its boards.
I have also aquired a copy of the schematics, curtesy of "The Lab".
Now I need some advice.

The documentation states that the +15v is restricted to 180mA and the
-15V to 150mA. Would it be a problem if I powered the unit with a psu
of a higher rating? I may eventually want to power of modules from the
supply, i.e. an ASM-1 pcb I got from Gene ages ago but have not even
started yet.

As you can probably tell I'm no electronic guru.

secondly the unit is a fine instrument in its present configuration,
but I would like to have jack points, probably switched ala 2600 so I
can use it with my Doepfer A100. 
My question is can I just cut tracks and wireup the sockets or should
I need to do something that will protect inputs to the Odyessey and
ensure that there is sufficient signal/ attenuation at the outputs.

It seems from the schematics that most of the access points are on the
backplane board.

Any advice will be of great help.

Thanks in advance.

David Salter

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