Re: AlphaSyntauri

["Simon D. Williams" <bb065@chebucto.ns.ca>]

On Fri, 4 Aug 2006, RichardK wrote:

> Simon D. Williams wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, RichardK wrote:
> > 
> >> I just, finally, got my hands on an AlphaSyntauri (eBay, wish me luck - 
> >> I don't know yet whether it works or when it will get here. It was $89). 
> >> It appears complete; keyboard, small PCB for the controller, couple of 
> >> PCBs which I guess are the music cards (linked with a ribbon; it's 
> >> really hard to see on the pictures), manual, looks like a lightpen.
> > 
> > Congratulations... that's a lot less than mine cost (of course we weren't
> > bidding against each other this time ;-)
> 
> If it was the same one, I was offered that outside of eBay before it was 
> listed; I was gutted to see it go up. However, I have no idea if mine 
> will work and I've paid $175 for express shipping so I find out sooner. 
> My gut feeling is that the pictures showed the cards in a box, it's been 
> unused for 15 years, and they looked carefully packed. So, they will 
> probably work.

I got mine about 18 months ago... I _think_ you were bidding against me
then, but I might be wrong.  

> The keyboard I'm getting is the 61 key model.
> 
> >> Anyway; I don't know if it has discs. Hard to find?
> > 
> > I have them all (as far as I know) archived on my site:
> > http://8bitsoundandfury.ld8.org/hardware.html#alphasyntauri
> > With the exception of one disc which is copy protected (I think it for
> > creating Hammond B3 wavetables).
> 
> Damn, a B3 would be a nice keyboard to emulate. I need to know more 
> about the wavetables, I think.