MOTM

In a message dated 3/9/2000 9:09:57 AM, jimh54@... writes:

<< I thought someone posted a URL on this list about a new synth (other than 
sidstation) that uses two Sid chips. I had the URL but lost it. Could you 
repost that URL? >>

http://www.sid2.com/

Ivan

Yet another new product based on rare, out of production, irreplaceable
chips. Caveat Emptor.

Moe

>
> From: ivancu@...
>
>
> In a message dated 3/9/2000 9:09:57 AM, jimh54@... writes:
>
> << I thought someone posted a URL on this list about a new synth
> (other than
> sidstation) that uses two Sid chips. I had the URL but lost it. Could you
> repost that URL? >>
>
> http://www.sid2.com/
>
> Ivan
>
>

Well, in this day and age, even "NEW" parts get replaced. Over the last 3
years, the FPGAs
used in my DSP work have all be replaced within 18 months of introduction!

You would also be surprised on the piles of some stuff are hiding. Except
for the really rare
chips (like the uA726, which went in 95% of all FAA ground control radars
and hence were all
bought up about 3 years ago), stuff like old computer chips you can find
places with 1000s of them. I
bet the SID guys just went out and bought  1000 for $3ea and figured 500pcs
sold is fine with them.

In the MOTM, we come up against this constantly. Look at the LM13600AN used
in the '420. When
it was in design, National still made them. 4 months later, BAM! out the
door. The day I heard about it
I bought all the LM13600s I could find in the US (about 350 of them). So now
I'm always trolling the
'net for more. I paid about 87 cents each for them: the current asking price
is around $5 ea!!! The NJR
part is not exactly the same, I haven't tried it. I like the way the
National parts sound.

Even mundane stuff like pots, knobs, and switches suddenly disappear, or go
out to 30 WEEKS lead time.

Paul  S.

> From: "Dave Bradley" <daveb@...>
>
> Yet another new product based on rare, out of production, irreplaceable
> chips. Caveat Emptor.
>

> From: "David Bivins" <dbivins@...>
>
> Eh, they bought a ton of NOS SID chips, and I don't think they've even
sold
> much more than 500 units yet. They claim to have a great deal more than
they
> think the market will ever want or need. "Specialists" like the
SidStation,
> but a lot of people complain about the relatively (and obnoxiously) high
> noise floor. I'd still like one! :)

David's sound *depends* on a high noise floor! :)

see: www.mp3.com/baldbastard

Paul S.

In a message dated 3/9/2000 11:50:36 AM, dbivins@... writes:

<< "Specialists" like the SidStation, but a lot of people complain about the 
relatively (and obnoxiously) high noise floor. I'd still like one! :)>>

It is a weird, quirky box and I had to spend another $50 on eBay and get a 
Boss NS-50 noise gate just for the Sid.... but it is a NASTY sounding little 
box that is hard to describe.  I love it, quirks and all.

Ivan

Eh, they bought a ton of NOS SID chips, and I don't think they've even sold
much more than 500 units yet. They claim to have a great deal more than they
think the market will ever want or need. "Specialists" like the SidStation,
but a lot of people complain about the relatively (and obnoxiously) high
noise floor. I'd still like one! :)

David.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Bradley [mailto:daveb@...]
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 9:07 AM
> To: motm@onelist.com
> Subject: RE: [motm] OT: Sid info
>
>
> From: "Dave Bradley" <daveb@...>
>
> Yet another new product based on rare, out of production, irreplaceable
> chips. Caveat Emptor.
>
> Moe
>
> >
> > From: ivancu@...
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 3/9/2000 9:09:57 AM, jimh54@... writes:
> >
> > << I thought someone posted a URL on this list about a new synth
> > (other than
> > sidstation) that uses two Sid chips. I had the URL but lost it.
> Could you
> > repost that URL? >>
> >
> > http://www.sid2.com/
> >
> > Ivan
> >
> >
>
>
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In a message dated 00-03-09 09:09:09 EST, you write:

<< about a new synth (other than 
 sidstation) that uses two Sid chips. I had the URL but lost it.  >>



jim,
i believe it was :

http://www.sid2.com

if i recall correctly, though, it wasn`t available yet.
if you find out anything interesting, please let us know !
best,
dave v.

In a message dated 00-03-09 11:18:34 EST, you write:

<< Yet another new product based on rare, out of production, irreplaceable
 chips.  >>



dave,
gee, i wonder if that makes my (working) c-64 worth ridiculous amounts of 
money ala what happened to the price of the dwindling supply of c.e.m. chips ?
bidding starts at.........  :^)
best,
dave v.