[sdiy] IC Prototyping was: SSM2040

[Jason Proctor]

>Correct me if I'm wrong - weren't the CEM chips all done on a 
>quick-turn analog array? Those parts would probably translate to the 
>DEI process pretty easily. The big issue there would be either 
>getting the rights to the circuits, or the effort of recreating them 
>from scratch. I believe that's basically what DSI did for their 
>Evolver & Prophet 8 voice chips.

i think Dave bought up the PA397s (SMD CEM 3396 equivalent IIRC) from 
Tom Oberheim that were remaining after the Marion synths ceased 
production.

(more info in the AH archives)