Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

Wow thanks for the info!

Last thing: I wonder is if the S1100 can 
be booted from the SCSI HD.  I know some
Akai machines do not allow the OS to 
boot from SCSI (even my ASR10 does that!).

Do you load your S1100 OS from the SCSI 
HD?

Thanks again...

--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "aneurysmhook" 
<aneurysmhook@y...> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Yes, the effects are standard on an S1100. The final S1100 O.S. is 
> 4.30. I don't know if the S1000 OS would work but I wouldn't think 
it 
> necessary at all. 
> 
> The S1100 also came standard with different A/D D/A converters than 
> the S1000, an SCSI board, and 8 output board with effects 
send/return 
> loop possibility..although this function doesn't work if using the 
> digital output.
> 
> I've also read about the HD recording after version 2.0 which Akai 
> did charge for when it was first released. The final O.S is 4.30 
and 
> can be loaded via floppy or zip if you don't have the eproms of the 
> final version. Version up kits are still out there too. I have a 
zip 
> and cd-rom connected via SCSI, but no HD. So I can't comment about 
> that part. Hope this has helped a bit.
> 
> --- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "tbiggz" 
> <infarmah@h...> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Do the effects come standard on the 
> > S1100?
> > 
> > It seems the standard S1100 had many 
> > standard features: The only option I 
> > know of was the digital I/O board.
> > Were there others?
> > 
> > Also, how does the S1100 O.S. compare 
> > to the S1000 O.S?  
> > 
> > I mean, there's Version 4.40 for S1000, 
> > does that also work on the S1100?
> > 
> > I thought the S1100 requires 2.0 ROM upgrade 
> > for some features like HD recording.  
> > I'm really confused.  Is there someone who 
> > knows the details here?
> > 
> > Thanks!