Vintage Synth Repair

On Friday 24 March 2006 02:48 pm, Thomas B. Nast wrote:
> I've got a Jupiter 6 (not mine) on my bench for a battery replacement (the
> battery was dead, so the volatile memory held nothing).  The owner thinks
> that the factory patches need to be played back into the Jupiter via
> cassette afterwards (a la Prophet 5).  Is this true?  If so, where can this
> tape be found or downloaded?
>
> The Jupiter 6 uses a CR-1/3N battery with tabs.  These seem to be a bit
> difficult to find, but I found someone who has the $20K machine to weld
> tabs onto regular CR-1/3 batteries, which are quite common.  It
> is:  Electronic Supply, 425.774.5534, speak with Don.  His pricing is fair.

The "Batteries Plus" chain seems to have that equipment as well.  Though if it 
were me doing the repair,  I'd be inclined to solder in a holder and not have 
the tabs welded on to the battery.  That's usually what I did with stuff that 
used the more common coin cells...

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