Just curious. was that "61" midi? I bought something like it for
$1500 just before midi came out. Whoops. I have an EX 800 who hasn't
had battery change for centurys. Maybe original?
--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "toorglick" <toorglick@y...> wrote:
> If you look at the manual available from Old Crow's site, page 5
and
> then page 40 seem to contradict one another. Page 5 implies the
> memory is backed up by an internal battery (a battery other than
the
> C batteries), while page 40 implies that this isn't the case.
> Somewhere, maybe here, I read that there's a capacitor that holds a
> charge long enough to save the memory while the C batteries are
> changed. That makes sense when reading page 40, but others who
have
> the 3v lithium battery can point to page 5.
>
> Anyway, just thought I'd add this to the battery discussion. I
just
> won a Poly 800 off of Ebay and I'm waiting for it to arrive. As I
> read more about the battery or lack thereof I'm becoming more and
> more curious to know which version mine will be. I don't know if
> I'll be glad it has a battery back-up or not. I know in any case
> I'll have to replace the battery, or add a back-up battery because
> mine needs "reprogram."
>
> I just unloaded a Poly 61, and already miss it, so the Poly 800
ought
> to make me feel right at home.