Category Archives: REPAIR
Apr
When the backup battery finally failed it became a real hassle midi dumping the contents and with time it became harder and harder to boot up. I always thought the OSCar would be full of wires so I was surprised to see how tidy it was. The battery was easy to identify, check polarity before […]
Apr
This drum machine had a flat back up battery when I bought it. When i first opened the unit I found what looked like an after sales mod. With a bit of poking around I came to the conclusion that this was a clock out mod. I think it gave out a 24ppq signal. As […]
Apr
The fantastic Gameboy Genius blog showed a great way to add midi to the monotribe. I managed to add a little stripboard with the necessary components on it. Also a switch was added which shorts the square oscillator to ground. This then removes the oscillator output allowing just the signal from the audio INPUT […]
Apr
This keyboard had been kept in storage for a couple of years. Unfortunately it was stored in a way that the battery leaked all across the processor board. This shows the original battery a 3.6v Nicd. With the edge connector out the way it was clear the board had suffered greatly. Because this area […]