<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Folks,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As an ex-Oberheim Engineering employee, I have an archive of many of the synths schematics that we built.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I left around the OB-8 point of product but I have quite a few drawings and manuals etc. I had a repair business after Oberheim, servicing </div><div class="">Oberheim, E-Mu, ARP, Moog, Seq. Circuits etc.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I made copies of the firmware and have it still on 8" floppy disc, not sure my old Computer still works, but I have it still with the archives of E-Proms.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If someone is in dire need , I can dig out some of this material, but I have not set up a server yet for archival purposes. I still have to work for a living after</div><div class="">Leaving Freescale/Motorola after 28 years.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Neil Johnson and Paul Maddox know me well and can verify my pedigree in synth building and general DSP work arena.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Many of the designs we did were based on Tape and Plastic film. Real schematic tools were way too expensive or primitive to do proper layout.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am happy to help where I can and fill in some blanks. I am based in Southern California still and have left Iosono-Sound and now I am COO-President of </div><div class="">Momentum Data Systems in Huntington Beach. Calif. If you are in the area, please come by and say hello.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">with Best regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Terry Shultz</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:thx1138@earthlink.net" class="">thx1138@earthlink.net</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 16, 2016, at 4:35 AM, Jack Jackson <<a href="mailto:jackdamery@hotmail.co.uk" class="">jackdamery@hotmail.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Same here, I've drawn up most of the<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', NotoColorEmoji, 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Android Emoji', EmojiSymbols; font-size: 16px;" class=""> Jupiter 8 </span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>voice card in Eagle. Built some PCBs of the VCO section too.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="Signature" class="">Best Regards,<div class="">Jack Jackson</div></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="" class=""><div class=""><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 1017.234375px;" class=""><div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy-bounces@dropmix.xs4all.nl" class="">synth-diy-bounces@dropmix.xs4all.nl</a>> on behalf of Florian Anwander <<a href="mailto:fanwander@mnet-online.de" class="">fanwander@mnet-online.de</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>16 June 2016 11:47<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl" class="">synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [sdiy] Board View Software - could we make a database of this for vintage synths?</font><div class=""> </div></div></div><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><div class="PlainText">Hi<br class=""><br class="">On 16.06.16 12:23 , Gordonjcp wrote:<br class="">> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:54:24AM +0200, Ove Ridé wrote:<br class="">>> ...it would take a lot of manual work.<br class="">> Given how poor the quality of some scans of service manuals are, you might need to arrive at a "correct" diagram iteratively. It's the sort of thing a Github group would be good for.<br class="">> I've started redrawing the board for my MB383 in Kicad, simply to get an idea of what the hell is going on inside its digital section. Next up? Poly 800 maybe...?<br class="">Same here. I started redrawing the digital boards of the OB-Xa (mine<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">does no longer boot up, and analyzing that with the existing schematics<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">is close to impossible - at least for me). It is an awful work. I<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">continue every three weeks, but after three or four hours I am fed up<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">with it...<br class=""><br class="">Florian<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Synth-diy mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl" class="">Synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl</a><br class=""><a href="http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" id="LPlnk381291" class="">http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a><br class=""></div></span></font></div></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Synth-diy mailing list</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="mailto:Synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl</a><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>