Votrax PSS Auction almost over!

Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:11:38 -0800 (PST) From: aek(a)spies.com (Al Kossow) Subject: Re: Votrax PSS Auction almost over! To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Message-ID: <20050101011138.738694D2F(a)spies.com> I'm working on an independent research project about the Votrax Synthesizers and their workings. For experimentation and also vintage value I purchased a Votrax PSS about a month ago from eBay, which did not include a Manual or power supply. Since then I've managed to acquire a manual, but it was the older, shorter version (the one with the 'cursive' Votrax logo on the cover). Robert Stek sent me a scan of his manual right before I got mine in the mail, and it is exactly the same as mine. I was hoping to get scans of the *ENTIRE* Votrax PSS manual (to post on one of the manuals-archive sites, since they don't seem to be available anywhere), but I realized that the shorter version of the PSS Manual doesn't include the "Operation -- Advanced Procedures" section, it only has an order form for it. (My PSS also has the older cursive logo, but it also had some sort of sticker on the front which is torn and illegible now. There was a NASA auction a few months ago where a similar PSS with an intact sticker was sold, but the sticker isn't readable from the picture.) I know the manual with that auction (and the PSS too, though its hard to see in the picture) have the newer Votrax 'V' logo on them. I contacted the seller, who sent me several scans from the manual shown with the auction, and it DOES include the "Operation -- Advanced Procedures" section! It has different page numbering throughout the manual too. So I'd like to see that version of the manual completely scanned also, as a lot of very useful information is completely left out of the shorter manual. What I'm *PERSONALLY* interested in would be to get scans from the appendix of the manual, since thats the only part which I don't already have in some form. (The seller was *very* nice, and sent me over 15 pages of scans!) But in the long run, I'd be happiest seeing the whole thing scanned and posted somewhere for future PSS owners to read. Jonathan Gevaryahu jgevaryahu_(a)t_hotmail.com lord_nightmare_(a)t_users.sf.net (replace _@t_ with @) P.S. Does anyone around here have or know where I could get a Votrax VSK or a VS6(any type) synth? I'm looking for one of those too, for experimentation.