[sdiy-interim] EPROM Armageddon?

[Amos]

Mr. Schrieber is apparently in touch with the folks at Synthcom
Systems, makers of the incredibly wonderful Europa upgrade for the
Jupiter-6... I wonder if Synthcom has any plans in the works for a
Jupiter-8 upgrade?

I don't know nearly as much about the architecture of the "8" to know
if there are significant obstacles to such an upgrade... but since the
JP8 uses scanned panel controls and patch memory, methinks a new CPU
could be made to work.  Not a task for lightweights, but Synthcom are
no lightweights... :-)

Speaking of; anyone on-list used Synthcom's MOTM-650 4-channel MIDI-CV?

On 3/28/07, Paul Perry <pfperry at melbpc.org.au> wrote:
> On the bright side, it gives aa whole wonderful
> retro-synth career path for anyone who wants to
> draw a line around the offending CPU and replace it
> with a new micro, new improved operating system
> etc etc.
>
> paul perry Melb AUstralia (won't be me though)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "keith sterling"
> > day, during which he mentioned that my beloved Jupiter 8 was destined
> > for the landfill soon because it contains CPU embedded EPROMS, and
> > all EPROMS have an implied 20 year (or thereabouts) lifespan.  Since
> > the Jupiter's ROM is inside the CPU chip it can't easily be read and
> > reprogrammed in a new chip, like one could do with a discrete 2716
> > type EPROM.  This news was shocking to me, since I dearly love the
> > Jupiter and a few other machines that I own from that era.
>
>
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