This server is set up to provide you with hardware hacks and information which are otherwise hard to collect or even not to find. So if you are searching for programmer's information about ancient CPUs, this is your place. If you are as mad as me and still addicted to beloved old machines, think about creating a page to be included on this server.

What you also can expect is hardware- and software stuff either fully done by me or where I was involved in development.

Btw. do you remember which game the headline is taken from? :)

rainer@buchty.net

If you expect an answer please send plain text emails. HTML-formatted mails will be dumped automatically.

Also, feel free to contact me if you need to get your music machines repaired.

Searching for electronic music? Just check out the following:

• DigIT Studios / MEMI

Here you can geht the famous hiddentreasures CDs from the MEMI contests 1997 to 1999 as well as other publications from the DigIT artists. Yes, one of them even contains a track done by me ;)
 
• Spheric Music

If you are interested in Electronic Music of the Berlin School style try out Spheric Music's range of products.
 

• The ego page

Obvious -- the title says it all
 
• Articles written by me

Here you find articles I wrote for several magazines, mainly MEMI, the Magazine for Electronic Music on the Internet and GO64!
 
• Ensoniq Heaven

Since Ensoniq refused to give any internal hardware information for the ancient Ensoniq synthesizers, I decided to do a bit of reverse engineering.
 
• Casiorama

I wonder how many people are as mad as me and buy defective machines... In case you are in the same situation (or if your FZ-1 just shows up some abnormal behavior) have a look at this section.
 
• SoundZone

Looking for new sounds for your synthesizer? You want to share your very own sound set with the world? Then visit the SoundZone.

Alas, this one is defunct... Let's all thank Klaus for deleting my web and SQL data without notice.

• University page

If you are interested in my research activities

• C64 Mania
  My brother's page: as you can see he's very dedicated to the Commodore 64 -- if you stumbled across some hardware projects on the Internet but always lacked the PCB layouts for these you might find them here.
  (in German)
  
  
• Silk Painting Page
  This is my girlfriend's wife's page. If you are looking for really nice Silk Paintings check out her pages. I've seen some of her works and they are really good -- so hey, give her a chance!
  (in German)

 
• MEMI
  MEMI, the Magazine for Electronic Music on the Internet, is among Germany's biggest online resources for electronic music. Dedicated to listeners as well as makers of electronic music. Searching for current events? Looking for CD reviews or hardware/software tests? Need new sounds & samples for your machinery? Check it out!

 
• The Vantis FAE page
  Between 1996 and 1998 I was an FAE at Vantis (the programmable logic company from AMD) -- so here's some stuff I'm still addicted to. If you are searching for a cost free tool to design with PALCE and MACH devices this might be the right place for you. And if you search some of the very first EDA software for Linux - here  you are!

  Alas, this page is no more...