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  3. Blatboy

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    Amazing. I think it works. The only snag I had was forgetting to put the jumper in at J11. After that, it seemed to boot up just fine.

    I've yet to get a sound out of it (slight drawback), but I think that's more my inexperience with the operating system than anything else. Just playing a midi keyboard into it doesn't seem to get it going. That being said, I'm about to delve into the use of MIOS.

    I'll post pics and more thoughts when I get a little more time.

    Thanks for the help and for putting up with me. I can't believe it's alive!

    :)

    w

  5. Blatboy

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    I can't wait to finish it and fire it up. My M2.5 and M3 screws/nuts just came in the mail, and I should have time to do some more work on it tomorrow.

    Since I have the same LEDs as you I should just be able to use the 1K resistors, right? How would one test that w/out soldering?

    Since the LCD screen seems to work, I figure it's probably safe to put a SID in... yes? I've done all the other testing.

    :)

    w

  6. Blatboy

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    Also, Technobreath: I bought some flux thanks to your recommendations. I also really appreciate the thorough explanation. I'll follow that when the LCDs come in. The flux I was able to find at Radio Shack was the paste type. Since I still have a little to wait for these parts to come in, I may just order some of the liquid stuff... Thanks again!

  7. Blatboy

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    Thanks so much guys. I've been waiting for the new LCDs to come in and have been doing some experimenting on other projects while I wait. (I'm building a lab DC power supply) Hopefully I'll eventually get this MB6582 working and become a little more comfortable. I want to eventually get one of those fancy LCDs like yours, Hawkeye, but (as you well know) that's a pretty penny if I fry that sucker.

    I gotta get a new crimper. I started to make some of the ribbon cables to connect the base to the control psb... but my "crimper" sucks. (I'm using one of those crimper/wire cutter/stripper combos that doesn't actually do a good job at any one of those things...)

    I pretty much have all my parts, though I've not been able to find the right size heat sinks for the SIDs from any of the US parts people.

    Anyhoo, I'm rambling. Again...thanks for all the encouragement. I'm still at it!!!! :)

  9. Blatboy

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    Thanks so much for the suggestions. You rock.

    I do have a solder pump. I'll do that. My experience with cleaning up my errors has been slow, and the idea of desoldering 35 switches and trying to clean up those holes sounded impossible.

    However, the trick to use the pump to get the solder AND the pin out.... that's interesting. I'll give that a shot. I'll hopefully have time today.

    Thanks again!

    w

    ps. I'm going to try to get a decent recording of the concert. Maybe even video as we have a guy making some neon lights for it that may be sound interactive... we'll see how this all pulls together though. We've done a few concerts in the past and haven't gotten a live recording that we're happy with yet...so the pressure is on... ;) Concert is May 18. I want to have it finished by May 1st so I can get to learning the machine and reprogramming my sounds from the Hardsid...

  10. Blatboy

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    Thanks Peter!

    I did get a high quality TRS jack (with gold plated contacts...oooooh fancy) I've always been partial to Neutrik connectors...that's what I use for my cables in the studio. I just hope the jack's not too big... I couldn't find a shorter one outside of the one that was linked to at Reichelt....

    The resistors fit in fine. I like the look of them.

    :)

    w

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