OBERHEIM SYNTH

I would love to help, but I only have a Cyclone and don't have the 
tools to read/write EPROMs.

I am insterested in experimenting...I you give me some more details, 
could will ship you a chip if you burn it with the Systemizer, mail 
the chip back to me.  I will then install it in my Cyclone and see if 
it works.  Heck, I'd even throw in $10 for your trouble.

We need to get/post the docs for the systemizer.  The PerF/X are 
basically worthless without the docs. 

Let me know more details if you want to do the test :) 
--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, "acousmatique" <acousmatique@...> 
wrote:
>
> This is something I have suspected for a while. I've had a Cyclone 
for years which I use 
> from time to time. I've wanted to get the other Perf/X boxes but I 
usually don't have any 
> extra cash for them when I spot good deals. Recently I bought a 
slightly-broken 
> Systemizer which I'm gradually fixing. These boxes are exactly 
identical, controls, PCB, 
> except the case color.
> 
> Why this makes me so psyched is that we can swap ROMs! No matter 
which one of these 
> boxes you have, just swap the EPROM and it can be any of the 
others! I suggest we start a 
> repository so that people can freely get code for any of the other 
Perf/X boxes they've 
> wanted to try.
> 
> Last year I started by ripping and uploading the Cyclone ROM. Once 
I get the Systemizer 
> running properly I'll up that ROM too. Anybody else want to pitch 
in? This leaves the 
> Navigator, Strummer, Drummer - and maybe Chordinator, if that rare 
beast really exists - 
> to add to the archives.
> 
> I am perfectly happy to help anybody here who has these machines 
but no access to 
> EPROM tools. If you send another Perf/X to me I'll give you burned 
copies of the Cyclone 
> and Systemizer firmware to use, and I'll pay return postage. So for 
the cost of mailing it to 
> me and being without it for a couple of weeks, you'll basically be 
getting those other two 
> boxes, in their functionality. If you're sincerely interested then 
contact me, I might be 
> willing to mail a few ROMs out in advance to show that I am on the 
level. Easier if this is 
> for USA only, otherwise postage becomes more difficult and costly.
> 
> This way I figure if you have one Perf/X, you have all of them! 
This way we won't need to 
> shell out another $100-$200 on ebay for every other unit we want. 
Or you can buy a less 
> popular unit like the Systemizer or Navigator and load it with 
software for the "jammier" 
> units and get the same effect for a lesser cost. 
> 
> Thanks for considering!
> CJ Miller
>