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Re: Battery change

2012-03-20 by sacateca2001

thanks for the battery help.
its an interesting mechanic to get them out&
it looks like the old ~26 year old japanese batteries 
are still in there and working, possible? hm
i received the panel, big thanks to paul! i tear off the old panel; they're beautiful, i will make lampshades out of them first, 
then i'll do the rest..

--- In chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com, "Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@...> wrote:
>
> > From: synthparts
> > 
> > Paul, do you know why such ridiculously sized batteries were 
> > used in these? Most synths of the era used tiny lithium coin cells...
> 
> So that they would still work after thirty years. ;-)
> 
> And so you could buy replacements at the 7-11, instead of having to find a
> Radio Shack.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul                mailto:pderocco@...
>

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