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by jacquesm 2587 days ago
I repair DX7's for a hobby, it's interesting to see how clever devices from that era are. Time and again 'that's clever' hits me when I finally understand how some part of it works. They're incredibly sturdy too, one survived a fire, the outside was pretty grim but it still worked, and parts from that one helped to make a whole bunch of them whole again. I have it down to a pretty simple process now, the only tricky ones are mainboard failures and I still have one mainboard that I've spent multiple days on that I can't get back to life.

I'll make sure not to lick them.

BTW, Suzanne Ciani, mentioned in the article is definitely worth listening to.

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DX7s are far more likely to have traces of coke than LSD.
DX7: love it for the sound, hate it for the interface