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Wanted: any dead PARIS stuff in the USA... [message #108068] Fri, 31 January 2014 16:02 Go to next message
Doug Wellington is currently offline  Doug Wellington   UNITED STATES
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I'm looking for a dead EDS card and any dead MEC cards. I want to use my hot air rework station and remove all the parts from the circuit board(s) and reverse engineer all of the schematics, but I don't want to destroy any working boards.

If you've got any PARIS gear that doesn't work, I'll pay shipping in the US...

http://www.parisfaqs.com

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Re: Wanted: any dead PARIS stuff in the USA... [message #108070 is a reply to message #108068] Sat, 01 February 2014 06:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
dnafe is currently offline  dnafe   CANADA
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Back engineer eh?

Sounds devious

Twisted Evil

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Re: Wanted: any dead PARIS stuff in the USA... [message #108072 is a reply to message #108070] Sat, 01 February 2014 09:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Doug Wellington is currently offline  Doug Wellington   UNITED STATES
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LOL! I'm too big and slow to be devious! (Or maybe I'm just being recursive...?) Laughing

One goal is to make an EDS replacement with the ESP2 chips implemented in an FPGA...

http://www.parisfaqs.com

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Re: Wanted: any dead PARIS stuff in the USA... [message #108073 is a reply to message #108072] Sat, 01 February 2014 13:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
dnafe is currently offline  dnafe   CANADA
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I kinda thought that's where you were going with it

Cool!

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Re: Wanted: any dead PARIS stuff in the USA... [message #108084 is a reply to message #108073] Sun, 02 February 2014 19:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Doug Wellington is currently offline  Doug Wellington   UNITED STATES
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OK, I'm impatient, and I realized that I have ten of them, so I decided to sacrifice one of my EDS cards to the cause. I've saved the ESP2 chips, and everything else came off easily too. I can either try to rebuild the card later, or maybe I'll go back into the repair business... Smile

I also found the old ADAT board that I had already stripped, along with all of my notes about it.

Still hoping to get dead 8in and 8out cards that I can strip down.

Anybody? Buehler? Buehler?

http://www.parisfaqs.com

[Updated on: Sun, 02 February 2014 19:12]

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Re: Wanted: any dead PARIS stuff in the USA... [message #108088 is a reply to message #108084] Sun, 02 February 2014 19:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ted Gerber is currently offline  Ted Gerber   CANADA
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Too late, but I just remembered I have a dead EDS card here. If you want it, I'll send it to you.

Can't sacrifice any of the in/out cards though...

Ted

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Re: Wanted: any dead PARIS stuff in the USA... [message #108089 is a reply to message #108088] Sun, 02 February 2014 20:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Doug Wellington is currently offline  Doug Wellington   UNITED STATES
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Ted Gerber wrote on Sun, 02 February 2014 20:46
Too late, but I just remembered I have a dead EDS card here. If you want it, I'll send it to you.

That's great, if I have another card to disassemble, then I can be brave about peeling back layers and such. And if it's something obvious that's wrong with your card, I'll fix it and send it back to you...

I'll PM my address, let me know how much shipping is and what your paypal address is...

http://www.parisfaqs.com

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Re: Wanted: any dead PARIS stuff in the USA... [message #108091 is a reply to message #108089] Sun, 02 February 2014 21:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
kerryg is currently offline  kerryg   CANADA
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Man, you gotta love 2014. Half of what you're saying would't have been intelligible, let alone feasible, in PARIS' heyday.

Well, since I don't have much useful to contribute, have a joke instead Very Happy

http://rareunlimited.com/2013/01/13/norm-macdonald-tells-a-h ilarious-moth-joke-on-conan/

"... being bitter is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other guy to die..." - anon

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Re: Wanted: any dead PARIS stuff in the USA... [message #108092 is a reply to message #108091] Mon, 03 February 2014 04:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Doug Wellington is currently offline  Doug Wellington   UNITED STATES
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Oy vey, the light was on! Sheesh! LOL!

Did I ever mention that I had called Ensoniq when I was in school and asked them what I needed to study to get a job with them? The answer was "ASIC design" so I was learning Verilog, and that's what I'm using now.

In my wildest dreams, I would find the original HDL code Ensoniq used to create the ESP chips and use it, but instead of fabbing chips, I'd stick with FPGA prototyping.

If anyone else is silly enough to want to follow me on this path, I'd suggest looking at the Papilio Pro board. It's a great way to get started with digital design. There are several useful books like "Digital Design and Computer Architecture" and "Advanced Chip Design" along with a lot of free stuff from people like Hamster and Free Range Factory...

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Re: Wanted: any dead PARIS stuff in the USA... [message #108093 is a reply to message #108089] Mon, 03 February 2014 08:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Ted Gerber is currently offline  Ted Gerber   CANADA
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Doug Wellington wrote on Sun, 02 February 2014 23:52

I'll PM my address, let me know how much shipping is and what your paypal address is...



PM'd you back

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Re: Wanted: any dead PARIS stuff in the USA... [message #108108 is a reply to message #108093] Thu, 06 February 2014 09:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
excelav is currently offline  excelav   UNITED STATES
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Hey Doug, I sent you a email about a project I'm working on. Let me know what you think.

James

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Re: Wanted: any dead PARIS stuff in the USA... [message #108109 is a reply to message #108108] Thu, 06 February 2014 10:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Doug Wellington is currently offline  Doug Wellington   UNITED STATES
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Got the email, I'll finish replying after lunch.

And yes, that was me who registered ensoniqparis.com...

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Re: Wanted: any dead PARIS stuff in the USA... [message #108123 is a reply to message #108109] Tue, 25 February 2014 11:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Doug Wellington is currently offline  Doug Wellington   UNITED STATES
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Doug Wellington wrote on Thu, 06 February 2014 11:28
And yes, that was me who registered ensoniqparis.com...

Heehee, and now emuparis.com too. What the heck, it's listed in the manuals... LOL

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Re: Wanted: any dead PARIS stuff in the USA... [message #108397 is a reply to message #108068] Mon, 15 September 2014 07:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
imajon is currently offline  imajon   UNITED STATES
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Hi Doug
I've got a mec main board I can sacrifice and an Adat card I have some issues with. Let me know if you want these and I will send them.
Also, don't know if you can repair the adat modules but if you can, let me know?
I have one that works but gets intermittent pops on the output side. I've tried replacing the transmitter and receiver but that didn't help.
Thanks
Kurt

[Updated on: Mon, 15 September 2014 07:55]

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Re: Wanted: any dead PARIS stuff in the USA... [message #108527 is a reply to message #108068] Tue, 03 February 2015 12:44 Go to previous message
Doug Wellington is currently offline  Doug Wellington   UNITED STATES
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Hiya Kurt,

I don't have time to do repairs for anyone anymore, but whenever I hear that someone is having intermittent pops, the first thing I think of is a clocking issue...

Thanks for the hardware offer, I took apart one of my MECs and I have a couple dead ADAT boards myself....

Regards,
Doug

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