Right, there isn't one now, but there are instructions to add one.
Somewhere. It wasn't obvious, but I did it without much hassle.
radiotest2002 wrote:
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> I opened up the Poly 800 and saw no sign of a button cell, unless
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> --- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, Tim Bieniosek <tab27@d...> wrote:
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>>There are instructions to replace the memory backup battery (button
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>>radiotest2002 wrote:
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>>>I'm new here...just some thoughts. I had both the Poly 800 and
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>>>MKII back in the 80s, and I've always been as fascinated with
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>>>synth's limitations as with its capabilities. As the Keyboard
>>>Magazine review said, corners were cut in its design, but
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>>>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
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>>>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
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>>>getting one that survived its ride to the present.
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>>>Had a panic when I fired up this 800, its memory had totally
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>>>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
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>>>order to retain programs. I'm thinking to maybe experiment with
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>>>a small 9-volt battery hooked into it to accomplish this, as all
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>>>use of the machine is done using wall-power.
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>>>About the Poly-800's single filter architecture...I don't
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>>>a limitation as I did at first. I've come to accept it as part of
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>>>I think the Poly 800 would've been awesome if it had more
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>>>but then again I like square waves so why complain. The sawtooth
>>>simulation is close enough for me. Long live the POLY 800!
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