Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

I was never able to fully config a floppy for the Akai S series but I will say the clown selling them on EBay for $149.00 is crazy! That's a rip off and they are not even black bezels wh

You can get an intern SCSI zip 100 for about $40.

Rish

Life is like MIDI, your either IN, OUT or THRU.


On Aug 5, 2011, at 9:05 AM, PeWe <ha-pewe@...> wrote:

> Floppy drives for AKAI S series sampler are relatively expensive,- not every drive works.
> Think about ditching the floppy and replace it by a 3.5" SCSI ZIP- or MO-drive.
> 
> Take care, AKAI S-series samplers can access drives up to 520MB / 512kb sectors only.
> In case of a MO-drive,- it should handle magneto optical media disks 128MB-520MB /512k
> 
> In have Fujitsu 3.5" magneto optical drives which work fine w/ S-1000PB, S-1000, S-1100 and my EMU e64 samplers.
> I found the drives cheap @ebay.
> For the Akais, I´m using Verbatim 230MB media and only the EMU is able to use 640MB/ 1024k media.
> 
> There´s a mod of the Akai IB-103 SCSI card necessary to assemble SCSI dives internaly in S- series samplers.
> 
> You probably find more details at Route66Studios website,- and maybe Rish chimes in here.
> He has all the info on AKAI floppy drives and ZIP / MOD modifications.
> 
> hope that helps
> 
> 
> Am 05.08.2011 15:47, schrieb nicknak110756:
> 
>>  
>> Hi Folks
>> 
>> can someone please tell me if i can install a standard floppy drive into my S1100 or do i need to purchase a specific product?
>> 
>> many thanks
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