Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cvl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!gyuri From: gyuri@cvl.UUCP (Gyorgy Fekete) Newsgroups: net.music.synth Subject: Re: (The Alpha Syntauri) and Yamaha CX5M Message-ID: <627@cvl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 13:29:26 EDT Article-I.D.: cvl.627 Posted: Fri Jul 12 13:29:26 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 16-Jul-85 02:01:36 EDT References: <528@unc.UUCP> <129@symplex.UUCP> Reply-To: gyuri@cvl.UUCP (Gyorgy Fekete) Organization: Computer Vision Lab, U. of Maryland, College Park Lines: 23 You all might want to know before you rush out to buy the AlphaSyntauri system that they went out of business last spring. However, there is a till active users' group and third party support in software for it. If you really want an AplhaS. system, you may get one if you are lucky from overstock in ex-dealers' warehouses. I recieved a generous offer from such an ex-dealer: $900 for the 5 octave keyboard, pedals, music cards (Mountain) and all the software that AlphaSyntauri ever sold. I passed it up, because I had already bought a Yamaha CX5M with which I am more satisfied than other people seem to be, judging from their opinions expressed in this newsgroup. It is partially true that you can't use it as a MIDI slave, but if you are willing to get the technical manual, the BIOS listings and know Z80, you can do quite a few impressive things with it. -- Gyorgy Fekete --- University of MD, Computer Vision Lab, (301) 454-4526 gyuri@cvl.{ARPA,CSNet} ...seismo \ ...allegra +-- !umcp-cs!cvl!gyuri.UUCP ...brl-bmd /