Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

I'm intrigued by this, as I have a Poly-800 that I haven't used for years. It's in my office at the moment, as I don't have room for it in my studio in its current form.
I'd certainly be interested to see what the finished item looks like.

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On 7 Apr 2010, at 21:10, backshall1 (dsl) wrote:

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> Hi Mike,
> I've got one Poly-800 here that is total trash. Six leaking C cells, a leaking lithium cell, not much of the silver finish left on the case, the label around the joystick is all messed up. This is probably a good candidate for a rack unit, assuming I can actually get the KLM-596 working again. I've never seen a lithium cell split and leak like that. I need the keys for a Polysix I'm working on anyway. Have you checked around to see who has suitable rack cases?
> Thanks,
> Don B.
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> From: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com [mailto:korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of korgpolyex800
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 1:50 PM
> To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [korgpolyex] 1RU HAWK-800R PCB's have been ordered
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> Yesterday, I ordered ten of each of the display and keypad boards that will be used to create a 1RU version of the Poly-800.
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> The boards should be manufactured and delivered within three weeks.
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> I'll let you all know how they work out when they get here.
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> I ordered ten straight up and that will mean we'll have some available for the early adopters almost as soon as I get them.
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> Out of interest, how many owners would be interested in converting their Poly-800, MK1, MK2 or Ex-800 into a single 1RU unit?
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> The display will be a backlit LCD. All the buttons and pots will be on the front along with a head phone jack and power switch.
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> I could do the boards as a DIY kit that you then use to create your own rack unit (you source the rack box yourself and drill holes using a template). Or, I could do the whole rack unit as an entire end to end solution. That would probably end up being quite expensive.
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> So without worrying about that detail, how many of you would actually like to convert your Poly into a single rack unit if you could?
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> Mike.
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