[sdiy] Rare chips on ebay

[Paul Maddox]

James,

 this is what somsone did for the Prophet VS, the 30 channel S&H chip was
rare when they made them. So they made a replacement board using discrete
S&Hs to replace it, sweet.

Paul

On 24/5/08 03:47, "James R. Coplin" <james at ticalun.net> wrote:

> Yes, I suspect they will be that expensive.  However, I am holding out hope
> that with miniaturization, you should be able to make compatible discrete
> replacements for the chips in smt format.  Should be possible, shouldn't it?
> Most of the synths have extra space in the carcass so there should be room
> for a really small board that would fit over the chip socket.  At least,
> that's what I'm hoping.
> 
> James R. Coplin
> (郭杰明)
> 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl [mailto:synth-diy-
>> bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Barry Klein
>> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 7:28 PM
>> To: synth DIY
>> Subject: RE: [sdiy] Rare chips on ebay
>> 
>> So in 5-10 years, will Prophet 5's and Memorymoogs be 10K$ - or less
>> than
>> they are now?  At 50 bucks a pop to replace chips now it gets kinda
>> scary
>> holding on to them when the chips seem just to die from old age (and
>> they
>> ARE old).
>> 
>> Barry
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Tom Wiltshire
>> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 4:52 PM
>> To: synth DIY
>> Subject: [sdiy] Rare chips on ebay
>> 
>> You don't see THESE every day:
>> 
>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10pc-NEW-SSM2040-VCF-sequential-circuits-
>> prophet-5-
>> LTD_W0QQitemZ290230749972QQihZ019QQcategoryZ29552QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ
>> 1
>> QQcmdZViewItem
>> 
>> They're not cheap, but then, they wouldn't be, would they?!
>> 
>> T.
>> 
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