After another hard day recapping the remaining three boards in Brian's GDS S100 board set I spent a couple of hours this evening rubbing copious amounts of metal polish into the empty computer chassis metalwork. After a fair amount of elbow grease the nickel plating started to come up quite nicely a...

I'm pretty knackered this evening - today has been another pretty intense recapping session with over 70 axial and radial PTH tantalum capacitors removed and replaced on Brian's GDS board set... http://i57.tinypic.com/2cy0d9f.jpg This has included the caps mounted under the huge heatsink for the 5 v...

synthroom wrote:
Make sure you don't remove that "warranty voided" sticker! You don't want to get in trouble with the factory service guys...

...trouble is, I seem to have become the factory service guy!

Interesting, the left one has no CRUMAR logo. Has it been removed for some reason or did they really have different panel prints with this low number of units made? If you were a bit closer, i would bring mine to create a shot with 3 of those controllers next to each other :) Yes, I never thought a...

So cool that you have a complete working GDS to test with. And of course your know how :) I must admit its a real luxury to now have a working system for comparison and test. I keep thinking it must have been a heck of a long time since two GDS Systems have sat side by side... I mean.. how often wi...

I have spent the last couple of days stripping down Brian's GDS System main CPU unit to a bare chassis. http://i62.tinypic.com/2qallao.jpg You don't really get a feel for the scale - the computer cabinet is around 3ft long and over 2ft wide and probably weighs over 50kgs fully laden. All in all the ...

Perhaps you can have some kind of mould made in a dental lab? They might also know what materials to use in terms of longevity, and it might be easier to do as well. Stephen One of the broken key actuator spigots is now with a 3d printing company awaiting a quotation for the 3d modelling and printi...

synthroom wrote:How about 3d printing "new" keys?

This is definitely on the cards - I have indeed been considering using an FDM (Fused Deposition Modelling) machine to perform this in ABS. The issue is that I need to key the parts 3d modeled first.

How about the Crumar DP electric pianos (or the Baby Grand, perhaps)? They were later but... Stephen Thanks for this Stephen.. I'd actually completely forgotten about this - when I first got my Synergy I'd noticed that the keys were very similar in profile to the DS-50 e-piano and indeed there are ...

I'm glad my unit has arrived safe and sound. I think the alligator case for the keyboard section is more photogenic, though! All the cases will get a re-foam when I get them home... Unless you have someone close by who does that? they are on the verge of liquefaction! There is no doubting the fligh...

Thanks for the reply and pic. I now I'm 100%certain I'm not crazy or impaired. My display is not that display configuration at all. s**t. I'm wondering if the have since changed the specs on it...? Mine has only j1 all the way opposite the pin header side. Grrrrrr. The model number is the same minu...

Hi all. Im doing the install and needed prep for the display. For the life of me I can't find anything on the new display marked j2. J1 yes...that's over by anode and kathode of the backlight ins (not at pin header access point). Do I have an incorrect model? Or newer revision? The model number is ...

The 2nd beast has arrived here in the UK from LA in an impressive flight case you could practically drive a tank over! http://i58.tinypic.com/2a7yfww.jpg This is the original case the sales team at Crumar/MTI/DK would have used to haul the beast around the country as a promotional unit. This houses ...

...nervously awaiting the arrival of Brian's GDS today all the way from LA in three large flight cases!

Two full GDS Systems under one roof?... eek, now that really is a rare occurrence!

madtheory wrote:

HideawayStudio wrote:...and now, all the way from LA on a cargo plane, a second GDS is joining the restoration effort here..

Awesome! What was the story with Stoney's one?

I almost can't bring myself to say...

It stood several days outside before it ended up in landfill...