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Mike,

Is there a way to date my 500? I've read somewhere that "potcodes" are a way of dating electronic equipment. what are they? Canyou direct me to a site that explains this?

Rich

Sorry I don't know about the pot codes. The codes would probably onlytell you when the pots themselves were made. They could have been sittingin the parts bins at the factory for a while before being used so itwouldn't be an exact way to date.
   You can see one EML 500 in the photo section with a verydifferent paint design on the control face, altho the control layout isthe same. I think that's a later version, maybe from not long before theyclosed down. Yours has the more typical design (except for the missingbrand name) that was more commonly seen from the beginning.
   As far as I can tell, the slider cap colors have little orno significance either. They likely used whatever was on hand and mightrun out of one color or another before ordering more of them. I've seen afew of the sequencer models (which use a lot of sliders) with multicolors, black only, blue only, a mix of black and blue. I don't think itmeans much.
   Sure would love to find a stash of spare slider capssomewhere, I could use a whole bunch.