[sdiy] Paia 8700 Keyboard

[James Patchell]

I have found, in general, I can type stuff in faster than using OCR...plus, 
that will give me a chance to add additional comments to the code.

At 10:53 PM 10/19/2004 -0700, phillip m gallo wrote:
>Jim,
>
>Is the printed source so far gone that OCR is a total loss?  I remember
>showing a PAIA 8700 advertisement to Charles Rodgers of CFR/Dynasyn/ARIES
>fame and he also thought it was pretty cool and wondered at a price that
>represented a very good "bang for buck".
>
>regards,
>p
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of James Patchell
>Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 9:50 PM
>To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>Subject: [sdiy] Paia 8700 Keyboard
>
>
>Since I can't afford to much of anything else at the moment, besides the
>hi-fi amp I am cutting the heat sinks out for, I thought I would get back
>to restoring my old Paia 8700 keyboard.  One of the things I am doing is
>replacing the original keyboard with a Fatar keyboard.  This of course,
>means changing the firmware a bit...which means reassembling the
>code....well, last time I did any coding for this thing was on my Atari 800
>system...which I still have, but am in no mood to use...partly because some
>of the things that go with it need repairing, like the monitor...well and
>others too.  I down loaded a 6502 assembler off the internet (there are a
>million of them...), and I got a copy of Friendly Stories....etc by John S.
>and I am going to type all the code in...again....(this should not be too
>hard...a lot easier than cutting a heat sink with a jig saw).  When I
>finish, I will have to ask John S. if it would be ok to post the files...I
>always thought that the Paia 8700 computer code was kind of cool.
>
>
>          -Jim
>***************************************************************
>http://www.oldcrows.net/~patchell
>
>***************************************************************
>
>
>---
>Incoming mail is certified Virus Free.
>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
>Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 10/15/04
>
>---
>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
>Version: 6.0.778 / Virus Database: 525 - Release Date: 10/15/04

         -Jim
***************************************************************
http://www.oldcrows.net/~patchell

***************************************************************