Casio PT-87
This grey cased instrument was a re- release of the PT-82 from 1987. (Inside the case embossed marks for 87 and {5, 6, 7, 8} make me conclude that it was manufactured between may and august in 1987.) Unlike the PT-82, it has the classical pale coloured Casio buttons again. On this photo from eBayyou see my Casio PT-87 and my PT-82 (below). |
The PCB of this specimen contains less discrete components, the shielding aluminium cardboard inlay is gone and the PT-87 has also no headphone jack anymore. The CPU is "HD61703B01, 7D 33". My specimen has a strange defect; when operated with batteries, it sounds distorted and howls, while with a power supply it sounds perfect. Apparently the battery voltage (5 batteries = 7.5V) is too low to operate the circuit properly - possibly a defective voltage regulator drops too much voltage.
modifications:
- Power supply jack polarity changed and protection diode added (with PT-82 and PT-87).