Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

Ohhh don't tease me Aaron lol :)

come on.. do tell.  What is that button ?  I want to know:)

Can you see im begging :P

im going to have to press it!  It is like a free bonus button?

so what is the weird network like thing too?

please tell us folks. or hell just tell me! LOL

curiousproductions@...

mike G.





--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Aaron Eppolito <synthesis77@y...> wrote:
> Hey!  You found the sample input port and the sample button!  Just
> kidding...  =)
> 
> --- mike <curiousproductions@r...> wrote:
> > The first one was this conector that looks kinda like a network
> > conector on the board that has all the step sequencer buttons on 
it.
> 
> Heh, you have one of the early boards that still has the debugging
> connectors on it.  I think the first large batch of these 
inadvertently
> came with that connector still stuffed.  Later rev boards just have 
an
> empty space for it.  That connector allows you to program the PIC
> (handles button scanning, LED lighting and the keypad scanner).  
It's
> the chip in the upper right of your picture.
> 
> > Second and more interesting is a button that sits to the bottom 
right
> > of the small display.  It is the same as all the other buttons on 
the
> > board.  I would love to know what this is for.
> 
> Another vestige of the early rev boards.  When the board was laid 
out,
> somehow an extra button creeped in.  It doesn't do anything.  Again,
> later revs still have the circuit, but the switch is left 
unstuffed. 
> Wait, maybe I'm wrong.  What I was thinking of is an extra LED that
> snuck in under the 7seg EDIT button.  I'm not sure what that switch 
is.
>  Maybe a reset for the PIC, but I doubt it since it's way over 
there. 
> Hmm, now I'm curious...
> 
> -Aaron
> 
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