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In case you do decide to go for the safer, bulkier option, these are the cheapest i could find on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.ie/45W-US-to-UK-Stepdown-Transformer-Voltage-Converter_W0QQitemZ180234715595QQihZ008QQcategoryZ14968QQcmdZViewItem Should have mine in the next few days, of course cheap may not be what youre looking for either!

wow! i love when i recieve a reply that quickly! clicked refresh and bam!

The patent for the sid chip has expired right? I wonder how much it would cost to go to the likes of Taiwan Semiconducters and remake a few 1000 sid chips, or whatever the minimum production amount is? Totally out of curiousity!

ON a slightly related note, voti has some lcds back in stock, including this new 128*64 pixel lcd for €14.99: http://www.voti.nl/shop/index.html

Thats really beautiful man! Should get it featured on matrix synth. If you ever get that seq finished, then please please please put a video of it sequencing the Prodigy! ;D

I was just thinking, you could make a SEQ with just one of these lcds right? just have 2 rows of tactile switches under neath it, one for the 2nd line and one for the forth.

You had me extremely excited when i read that, only to realise you meant to say MPD! Sounds like a cool idea you have the 808.

NO FORUM FOR YOU! come back one year!

Prof, i would definitely be interested in one set if you do a 2nd order. Youre price is half the price a guy on the xoxbox forum is selling them for, he obviously couldnt get them all as cheap as you can. I really appreciate you putting this order together for people.

Haha thats cool! wasps design is so retro looking, i love the idea of a pic of a wasp on a synth!

"The best part of all, Christian from catchpole.net figured out how to emulate a HardSID by using a custom HARDSID.DLL with the same export routines, which means that my new SID2MID circuit can serve as my CCS64 emulator's sound card! Once I'm done writing the firmware and DLL code, I'll be able to hear the authentic C64 music through an authentic SID chip. " I wonder could we do the same with the midibox sid. When i say "We", i really mean some awesome programmer on this forum, and me just reaping the benefits. ::)

Thanks for the reply fluke! will pass the info on. Ill have to ask him to try doing a DC test. If anyone has any other ideas please post them. :)

That damn wiki! Its a jungle of informantion in there, and i always seem to forget searching in there! grrrr!

I think this deserves a sticky in the SID section if it all possible. Out of the 6? months ive being on here, this was my first time noticing this great Diagram. Would be an asset to all the noobs if it was in there, or even a link in the MB Sid manual. Just some honest advice. Thanks smash, that really simplifies things.

Oh and please, i wrote this in confidence that you do not send the seller nasty messages. He genuinely wants to get to the bottom of it, and his feedback shows that hes not lying when he said no ones had a problem!

From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switched-mode_power_supply#SMPS_and_linear_power_supply_comparison "Electronic noise at the output terminals. Cheap PSUs may have a small amount of AC "riding on" the DC component at twice the main frequency (100-120 Hz). This can cause an audible mains hum in audio equipment or unexpected brightness ripples or other banded distortions in analog security cameras." would be possible that there is so much "AC riding on DC" with this power supply that it can only be read when a Multimeter is switched to AC, but can still power a DC Fan? Or maybe its the opposite of that, let say this is an AC adapter with the wrong Symbol..... Can "DC ride on an AC" current, thus it will be read as AC on the multimeter but can still power a DC Fan? Its extremely confusing, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hope this is the correct forum. :-\ im looking to buy a power suplyfor an alesis drum pad i ordered, its shipped from the US with a 110v, 9v AC out, 830mA adapter, but i need a 230V adapter, and want to avoid using a voltage converter (step down transformer.) Anyhoo i spotted this item on ebay and immediatly spotted a mistake with the picture: http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160227940293 Notice the DC Symbol in the pic! So i contacted him, nice friendly guy, and he wants to get to the bottom of this too! Heres the replies i recieved: "Hi, I agree with you about the DC symbol, but I have tested the adapters on 2 calibrated Fluke multimeters & they only read as AC !! Yes I am confused as well. cheers " "Lets hope that you have a better understanding of electronics than I do. Admitidly I thought that mine wasn`t to bad but I am even more confused now. I did test with both meters & 100% sure that they did read correctly only on AC range. Then I tested a 12v DC brushless fan on the adapter & guess what? yes it ran. A friend of mine who is sitting an electronics degree came into my workshop & confirmed my results. now thats 3 of us confused. I have prob sold 200+ various adapters on Ebay & have never got it wrong. Maybe you can shed some light on this. :)" So anyone can anyone here offer an explanation to this riddle? I asked him i could post it up on here to try and find a solution and he was really enthusiastic about it. Ill put down my idea of what it could be in the next post

*Devises evil scheme codenamed "Operation Liberate ALBS knobs"* *I shall infiltrate from the north field, he will never suspect...........muhahahaha!* Guys and gals, this guy has youtube videos full of these things: http://www.youtube.com/user/mkbarth With a catchy song to match each topic too! Check out the description for Long/latiudes and for references to each location: "Out of Place" "Amazed" "Big Things"

This presentation is for anyone who is interested in the history of Personal Computers, people who enjoyed the film/book - Pirates of Silicon Valley, or for plain C64 heads. It was recorded at the Computer History Museum for the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Commodore 64. Jack Tramiel, the founder of Commodore International, Steve Wozniak of Apple, Bill Lowe of IBM are interviewed. As well as a designer of Commodore Amiga, & an engineer from Atari. It is 90 mins long and is a really insightful video of the history of computing in the 80s. The first 13 mins is just a speech about the museum itself.

Sorry to hear about your loss. Good to see you making lots of progress man, your work will be really helpful when newbs like me try to start one.

You cant have enough crimp tool seller links hehehe.

Its basically called an Open Barrell Crimping tool. You just need one with a AWG 26-28 terminal. Smash sells them! Theyre not listed but he does indeed sell them, theyre the Pro's Kit non ratchet version. The rachet is more of a luxury if anything, its totally not essential. I was going to buy the the one tilted mentioned, but i found one of the proskit ones for a great price on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=015&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=250145078840&rd=1 Postage was only $12.80 to europe, it shipped fast, and the guy was really helpful i have to say, And it came sealed in original packaging btw, unlike in the pic If you need it soon i advise buying it from that seller, if not then buy it from smash. This is the official site for the Crimptool, i think you can buy direct from there too: http://www.eclipsetools.com/

I saw it before while searching for midibox on youtube! nice stuff.

Oh shit i didnt think about that. If the shipping doesnt break my back its no problem.

:D OMG, the excitement is unbearable! Wilba this deserves to be in The Midibox Hall Of Hame, coming soon to a sid dealer near you. That niggas crazy!