[sdiy] Ensoniq ESQ-1 Serving Questions

[Nate Reeves]

yea i was afraid it was expensive chip...
thanks for the info though
cheers
nate

On Apr 20, 2009, at 11:00 AM, Rainer Buchty wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Apr 2009, Nate Reeves wrote:
>
>> Seems like the keyboard scanner IC is a known issue with some of
>> ENSONIQ products...
>
> Actually, the whole bunch of earlier 6500/11-based controllers have a
> known issue for sudden death...
>
>> does anyone have a 6503 IC for grabs to see if that is the problem?
>
> I do have a couple of NOS replacements (which seems to be the last  
> ones
> on this planet -- haven't seen them before I was offered them, haven't
> seen them from any other source since).
>
> €49 for the chip + €10 for worldwide registered shipping (used to be
> cheaper, but DHL/German Post liked to introduce new fees as of  
> 01/2009).
>
> Let me know if you need one.
>
> Regards,
> 	Rainer