[sdiy] Reticon R5101.... time to get brilliant

[harry]

Hmmm...

Not to discourage sarcasm... (but)     ;^P

saying that Panasonic makes a repacement chip, is like saying that
General Motors makes replacement four-cylinder engines....

which is fine, if you take into account the amount of re-engineering
it takes to fit one in your Volkswagen....

Silly me... this IS synth-diy, right. We're just the guys to do it !!!

(but YUCK... its a BBD.....)

H^) harry

media at mail1.nai.net wrote:

> Not to discourage brilliance, but afaik, Panasonic makes a replacement chip.
>
> While I wonder how many guys on this list used the temperature probe that
> came with their multimeter to check turkeys, it's the ones who installed a
> tempco in the stuffing that really worry me.
>
> HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
>
> At 9:19 PM -0800 11/21/01, Nicholas Pelkey wrote:
> >
> >I have an MXR stereo chorus.  I was recently told by a tech (whos opinion
> >is questionable) that my reticon r5101 ic is shot.  I believe it was a
> >ground issue that burned it out.  I had found one but the "guy" that had
> >it wanted to check out my pedal to "verify" that that was the issue.  He
> >is not associated with any lists...so no.  I also saw one or two stereo
> >chorus' on ebay..but could not confirm if the ic was working in those
> >situations (doa pedals).  So my challenge to the list is to find a
> >replacement ic.  By this I mean something of a 16 pin nature (will
> >confirm) that would be "fun".  Anything I could stick in this thing to
> >have it work.... and it doesn't need to be a chorus.  Hey maybe a
> >clock/counter ic? Or any sort of circuit I could build and then connect it
> >via the ic connector.  There are a few of these things out there and the
> >ic is near impossible to replace.. so this could be a useful and
> >worthwhile analog undertaking.
> >Let me or the list know after some brainstorming!!
> >Nick P

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