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Re: Got the Schematics...now what?

2005-11-04 by kar_chicago

Would you mind pointing me to a link where I could find the type of 
scope I need.  Wouldn't want to get the wrong thing.

--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "Roy J. Tellason" 
<rtellason@b...> wrote:
>
> On Thursday 03 November 2005 09:00 pm, kar_chicago wrote:
> > Is there anywhere online that shows how to read schematics for
> > synths.  Or am i asking to learn 10 years of worth of education 
in 10
> > minutes?
> 
> Reading schematics is pretty basic stuff as far as finding out how 
things are 
> interconnected,  but learning how all that stuff works is another 
story,  and 
> yeah,  it'll take you some nontrivial time...
> 
> > I'd like to learn how to do basic testing, adjustments and 
repairs.  What
> > kinds of tools do I need?  Do I need any special kind of 
voltmeter or the
> > like?
> 
> At the very least.  And a scope,  and some solid understanding of 
what you're 
> doing...
> 
> -- 
> Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
> ablest -- form of life in this section of space,  a critter that 
can
> be killed but can't be tamed.  --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet 
Masters"
>

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