"A casio AT-40 with arabic lettering that I spotted in Hewler/Arbil in northern Iraq in december last year. I should have bought it!"
WOW!
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Casio AT-40 in Iraq with Arabic Writing
"A casio AT-40 with arabic lettering that I spotted in Hewler/Arbil in northern Iraq in december last year. I should have bought it!"
WOW!
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I'm pretty sure that this is an MT-40. From zooming in, it appears that it has arabic tuning system. Hold down the uppermost C, and there is an octave each of keys to set the notes sharp or flat by a quarter tone.
ReplyDeleteThis is so freakin cool. I just flipped out. I never knew keyboards other than the SK8a had Arabic features. I will now revue service manuals for unused pins in the hope of finding this feature hidden in other keyboards.
The interesting thing about many of the Casio devices is what _isn't_ there. The SK-1, for example, has quite a few holes in its switch matrix. One begins to wonder what implemented yet isolated features are lurking in the ROM... waiting to be called.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone has any documentation on Oki's larger M62xx microcontrollers, let me know. I'm in the mood for some disassembly.
That's NOT an MT-40. The MT-40 has a small bass-keyboard section to the left of the normal keyboard.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the mt-45, which I have previously considered to be one of the most frustratingly useless casios of that era ... well, well, well, not anymore! nice work chaps!
ReplyDeleteoh and an aside - the contemporary casio arabic model seems to be impossible to order outside of Turkey. (unless one finds one in an opshop in Shepparton, AUS). Though there are rebranded ones floating about that cost stupid amounts of money.
anonymous is correct, it's not an mt-40, I typo'd.
ReplyDeleteA quick look at the mt45 documentations reveal a wealth of un-attached positions in the key/control matrix.
I shall explore this in the next day or two, hopefully will have results worth sharing.
It is widely believed that you can turn an SK5 into the arabic part of an SK8a -- the positions are wired up on the PCB, there is just no switch to connect them to the outside world. I value my sk5 too highly to muck with it too much. MT45s, on the other hand -- I've got quite a few of them, and quite a few units that use the same synthesis chip.
I checked the photos and it is actually a Casiotone AT-40!
ReplyDeleteMust have been tired while typing...
I'll ask a friend over there if he can go back to the shop and buy it for me!
/Daniel
Thanks. Post updated.
ReplyDeletehmm... I have a Casio AT-40 but the prob is that there's no sound :S anyone who can help??
ReplyDeleteSarah_G said...
ReplyDeleteI'll help you fix it...message me!!!
Hello, 13 years later I come to say that I have got an AT-40 but there is no way to get a manual or a way to change the types of scales. Any help is welcome. Greetings from Spain!
ReplyDeleteHey did you find anything on this yet? There’s one for sale in my town but I cannot find anything about it it’s like it doesn’t exist
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