Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

If you want to mail me your 8048, I can test it in my P6.
You would need to pry it out carefully, a little bit at a time,
alternating between the two ends with a small screwdriver, and
have some anti-static foam, or some styrofoam wrapped in a
single layer of alum foil, to plug the chip into as soon as it is
free of the socket. And try not to touch any of the pins. Just
the body of the chip. Ground yourself before prying out the chip
by touching ground on the synth.

Or maybe there is someone on the list who is near you?
Not sure what else to suggest. My gut feeling is that the chip is
probably good, but the waveforms certainly don't seem to imply that.

If the EA pin is high, that would totally mess it up. Your ALE
waveform pretty much means that the crystal oscillator is fine,
I think.

I replaced the KLM-367 in my P6, even though I had fixed the old board
and it was working OK. Hard to know how long the replacement boards
will be available, and the price is very attractive. It's a fair amount of work
to build up the new board, since you have to move some parts from the old
one. But then you never have to worry about battery damage again.

Bob