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What happens to the empeg when the power is interrupted very briefly -- like a quarter of a second or even less depending on how dextrous you are in turning the key?

Typically with the mark1, the screen would blank for a split second, then pick right back up where it left off..
-mark

...proud to have owned one of the first Mark I units

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