Sunday 12 May 2019

Metro-Modular Power supply - Module 601 - Der Todliche Finger - The Deadly Finger

This panel was designed to hold the power supply of the Metro-modular 4U system.
It's basically a drop-in Buchla PSU. If you have a Buchla passive box, this is ideal for adding power.

Metro-Modular  are from Sydney Australia. They will be releasing some new modules during SuperBooth 19. This is being held in Berlin, Germany right now.

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The 601 is the first panel in the series. 


....die jugend finden sie schlecht, besonders
Long hoarige  & Dienstverweigerer denn..

I don't speak German but I think this roughly translates to
"they find the youth bad, especially long-haired and non-conscientious"
The comic is from Hotcha, Switzerland, 1970.

The psu has 667ma on both the +15 and -15 rails, and 1.5 A on the +5V rail.

The name is a reference to the PSU having four edge connector “fingers” on the main board allowing direct connection to Buchla-style polarised edge connectors. Input is +12V from a standard barrel connector with a 2.5mm positive centre pin made by Cincon, and a second connector is provided for daisy-chaining several boats to the one “brick”

The name is also a reference to Stereolab’s favourite underground comic, where a conformist in the place of the reader is eventually bumped off by the accuser in the comic. It’s a reminder to me as a designer, and you as the user, that the best way to honour 4U Modular’s radical roots is to make innovative things, and not fall back on cliche.”(Justin B.H.)

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Metro-Modular  are from Sydney Australia. 
The new modules being released for SuperBooth 19 are:

 1.  The Boethian Wheel - Model 660
 2.  Dual Stereo Locator - Model 2102
 3.  Roomic Cube - Model 680
 4.  Dual Balanced Modulator - Model 2315
 5.  Todliche Finger - Model 601
 

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