[sdiy] Polymoog

[The Old Crow]

On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Tony Clark wrote:

> > > The thing is massively complicated, but conquerable. It's probably
> > > the most complicated purely-analog programmable machine ever
> > > marketed - anybody have another candidate?
.
>    CS-60 isn't too bad at all unless you need to physically remove an
> entire card.  Otherwise they can be pulled out with wires attached and
> worked on.  Never seen a CS-80 up close, but don't they have two layers
> of boards?  Gotta be a PITA.

  I think the CS-80 has more circuitry than the Polymoog, but the CS-80's
circuits are so much better organized in the enclosure as to be much
easier to service.  There are 40 circuit boards in the CS-80, many of them
are also used in the CS-50 and CS-60.  (For Tony: there is a rack of 35
boards in the CS-80 similar to the slanted racks in the CS-50 and 60.
THe CS-80's rack stands vertical and has a raised and lowered position). I
have a number of images on my site at http://www.cs80.com/

Crow

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