I am needing to rebuild the power supply for an 80's strap-on
synthesizer called "The Lync LN-4". The power unit came as a seperate
rack unit and took midi signals from the keyboard to other keyboards
but also supplied the Lync keyboard with power.
I have a manual for the keyboard. It was written in 1989. Produced by
LYNC Systems, Incorporated. The address on it is Clark Industrial
Park, 14 Walker Way, Albany, New York. It was written by Richard
Lainhart who tells me that the company went out of business in the mid
90's. He said that the person who would be most likely to still have
plans or be able to help is Kevin Ikeda, who was
the chief engineer and designer at Lync. Unfortunately, he had no
contact info for him. The company president at the time was John
Sgroi, but I have not been able to locate him either.
I know plenty of people still have the keyboard now as I have spotted
some of them on the net (it was a popular choice of synthesizer at the
time).
I need adequate plans to be able to rebuild the unit without making
any mistakes in the proccess and causing the keyboard to fry!
This is a little info I know of how the unit looked and functioned:
The unit was a single space rack mountable unit:
On the front it had a power switch that glowed red when it was on (I
liked that switch)
It also had another LED that glowed every time it received a midi
signal
It also had a signal midi input that connected the power unit to the
keyboard itself
On the back it had 4 midi outputs labelled 1 - 4
It also had a power input plug that connected to the mains outlet
One guy sent me a piece of info that was helpful in regards to the
power unit and it was this:
If you do end up having one made, keep in mind that all 5 pins in the
midi cable are used. So be careful picking the correct ones to send
voltage to! (how helpful is that)
The guy who actually owns this keyboard also said this:
The power module does have the power stuff and midi conversion stuff.
No software as such in the module (as far as I'm aware). All program
data etc is in the LN4. That way you could use any power supply - but
it does send out the midi information. |
