Korg DW8000, Mono/Poly, MS-20...

> Anyhoo.. the siel looks very much like a poly-800/dw-8000 and wonder
> if siel had kind of a partnership where roland shared their design
> with siel?

It is remarkably similar to the Korg Poly-800, although not quite
exactly the same. I once started to write down the similarities
and differences between the EX-80 (which is the module version of
the DK-80) and the EX-800 (which is the module version of the Poly-800),
and ran in to more and more subtle differences. And I hadn't even
compared the sound yet.

> Oh, and could anyone here spare a DK-80 power supply? I
> desperately need one to see if this synth works at all, but it seems
> like the power supply is much harder to get than the synth itself?

I'm not sure how easy it'll be to get an original Siel power supply.
However, if it's the same as the one for the EX-80, it's just
an AC/AC adapter which should be pretty common. And luckily the wiring
diagram is on the adapter (which can actually serve two...)
See: http://www.dompselaar.org/Siel/siel_ps.jpg
I guess it was meant to serve both the DK-80 and an additional EX-80.

Louis