Good points, but...
I believe chips to be rather sturdy unless they get exposed to extremely
high voltage peaks (which may occur on some models, according to Gerd
Drogemuller who was in charge of the CS80 at Yamaha Germany). As long as the
voltage levels are kept stable and as long as the power supply doesn´t get
out of control, things should be fine. EPROMs might be more prone to
failure, I´d say (being a non-tech).
Stephen.
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----- Original Message -----
From: David Rogoff <david@...>
To: <yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 8:23 PM
Subject: [yamahacs80] CS-80 life expectancy - was Re: Greetings and a
question!
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> --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, BlchrR@a... wrote:
> > Hi,
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> > First post to the list...
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> Welcome!
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> > Just a question really, just wondering if any experienced techs on
> this list has any idea what the long(er) term solution to keeping a
> Cs80 going, will be in the future....?
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> Good topic!
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> > As i see it, all Cs80s are currently on borrowed time, with regards
> to spare parts, Yamaha are out of the IG series Ics for the Cs80, so
> the question is, whats the long term solution?
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> Luckily, most of the parts in the CS-80 are still made today (all the
> CMOS ICs, op-amps, etc). Also, luckily, the custom Yamaha chips
> appear to be pretty reliable. All failures I've seen have been CMOS
> parts or op-amps.
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> > Is a fab run for say the VCO and VCF chips a possibility?
> > These are i guess, the critical ones, of course, the Vca chips are
> also important.
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> Someone talked about this a while ago - any more info?
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> > But if there isnt a fab run done then, its either down to pulling
> parts from Cs50's and Cs60's for Cs80's
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> The problem with pulling chips is that they're just as old as the ones
> you're replacing!
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> > Bearing in mind how many Ics are in the Cs80 building discreet Voice
> Cards and TRG boards and such is going to be quite a job....
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> Well, Crow is the master of this and has done some already
> (http://www.cs80.com/ne_proj.html). For the GX/SY modules, it's
> possible to make it fit, but that's not going to happen inside a CS-80!
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> I think, with maintenence, we can keep these running for many more
> years. For me, way more than half the appeal of the CS-80 is the
> keyboard/poly-aftertouch, ribbon, and controls. Worst case, I could
> see gutting the beast and turning it into and amazing MIDI controller
> for CS80V and other hardware/VA synths.
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> It would also be fairly easy to tap the control voltages and gates
> going to the voice card and drive a modular (I know - linear VCOs...).
> Yes, for an additional $20k, or so, you can have a modular CS-80
> that's bigger and heavier than a GX-1!
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> David
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