the same display is used in a bunch of different ensoniq models from the era so at least you aren't replacing something model-specific

yeah sounds like the display.

ironically that value has been stable for a decade and a half

This is the token suggestion of an Ensoniq digital synth- VFX, VFX/SD, SD-1, etc...

wow the sheen of it is amazing...

the jp8k is more flexible and programmable of the two.

Only took them two decades.

Its in a holder and is a standard CR2032 apparently

$300 for a JP8k is good. The R3 has some deeper editing and more complex voicing options.

a Blofeld?

There's always a Micron plus a master keyboard...

$250+ depending on condition and if you have the floppies and stuff.

I used a K3m editor to do it before... the manual doesn't show a function for dumping from the front panel, but apparently you can do ti via sysex...

yes you're going yo have to go usb out to your PC and then your PC's midi interface (the EIE) to the lancet. USB requires a 'host'- that is, some type of central processor- to work and the MS-20 isn't one.

Because VSE topics never wander, ever.