I opened up the Poly 800 and saw no sign of a button cell, unless
it's on the trace side of a circuit board.
--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Tim Bieniosek <tab27@d...> wrote:
> There are instructions to replace the memory backup battery (button
cell
> -type, requires a bit of soldering) or alternately you can keep it
full
> of C cells to keep your patches when the power goes out.
>
> radiotest2002 wrote:
> >
> > I'm new here...just some thoughts. I had both the Poly 800 and
800
> > MKII back in the 80s, and I've always been as fascinated with
this
> > synth's limitations as with its capabilities. As the Keyboard
> > Magazine review said, corners were cut in its design, but
creatively
> > so and I consider it a fine synthesizer. Which is why I have just
> > caved into temptation to relive the 800 and have gotten one on
ebay.
> >
> > Well it's arrived, and the front of the Poly 800 is very nice
> > cosmetically...all lettering still intact. This is a bug plus for
me,
> > getting one that survived its ride to the present.
> >
> > Had a panic when I fired up this 800, its memory had totally
dumped,
> > although I was able to do programming from scratch. I would swear
> > that my original Poly 800 had memory backup; it's a revelation to
> > find that with this one I will have to keep battery juice
supplied in
> > order to retain programs. I'm thinking to maybe experiment with
using
> > a small 9-volt battery hooked into it to accomplish this, as all
my
> > use of the machine is done using wall-power.
> >
> > About the Poly-800's single filter architecture...I don't
consider it
> > a limitation as I did at first. I've come to accept it as part of
the
> > reality of Korg's marketing choices at the time. I like it's
single
> > VCF and use it with and without resonance.
> >
> > I think the Poly 800 would've been awesome if it had more
waveforms,
> > but then again I like square waves so why complain. The sawtooth
> > simulation is close enough for me. Long live the POLY 800!
> >
> >
> >