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I appreciate that. Everything is a learning experience. I'm told that RAM is a common failure on KIMs, though this was the first one I've personally experience

• jacquesm 3y ago
  On mine the LM565 chip had gone, as well as a diode, when I got it from a guy in Almere who worked at the same bank where I worked. That's also the only one that I ever came across here in Europe, there can't have been that many here. I really should make an effort to see if I can find it again. And yes, everything is a learning experience, I'm pretty sure you'd have a much easier time of it if you did it again. Please do consider getting a proper rework kit, it's well worth it if you're going to do this sort of thing regularly. And in a strange way those skills are getting more valuable again, fewer and fewer people around that can repair vintage stuff. One of my 'side projects' is restoring vintage DX-7's, they're fun to work on and there are enough of them around that even if you buy one that seems to be total junk you'll be able to get another one going and have parts left over.