[A6] Ribbon Tracking

[David Evans]

On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 07:40:29PM -0400, Chris Pickett wrote:
> I upgraded my OS to 1.40.12, and the ribbon problems went away! :)  

  Good to hear.  My A6 came with 1.30.83 but I don't recall what it was like
very well.  The summer of 2001 brought a fair number of updates as I recall.

> At the very left, the ribbon is not activated.  About 1 cm in, the 
> ribbon light comes on.  Is this normal?
> 

  Mine is like that, yes.  I think that it's a feature, since it provices a
zero point that you can hit with your finger.  Thus when you release your
finger the sound doesn't suddenly change.

> Furthermore, if I press Hold and then activate the ribbon, I can't get 
> it to go to the off position on the very left.  Same thing for you?
> 

  I'm not sure what you mean by that; if HOLD is on then the ribbon light
will stay on once you press the ribbon, even if you move over to the "zero
space."  Notice, though, that the modulation output of the ribbon is indeed
zero.

> Oh ... the hold lights come on simultaneously now, whereas I think they 
> didn't before.
> 

  Yeah, I recall something changing with the behaviour of the hold lights
some time between 1.30.83 and 1.40.02 but I can't remember what at the
moment.

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