Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

You know it almost sounds like you have a bad zip disc or drive.

Rish

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


On Aug 7, 2011, at 12:20 PM, "nicknak110756" <neil.b.dunn@...> wrote:

> HI Rish,
> 
> i take it you mean the SCSI ID and the Sampler Id when you say channels?
> its a 100mb Zip drive im using and it wont allow me to format at all.
> 
> i meant to add previously that i also get a "hard disc read error" message sometimes
> 
> cheers
> Neil
> 
> --- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, Rish <rish@...> wrote:
> >
> > Ya you have to make sure on the right channels and format the zip disk as well. What kind of zip is it exactly? 
> > 
> > Rish
> > 
> > Life is like MIDI, your either IN, OUT or THRU.
> > 
> > 
> > On Aug 7, 2011, at 6:02 AM, "nicknak110756" <neil.b.dunn@...> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Rish,
> > > 
> > > not much mate, the floppy is dead for sure and the when i hook my zip drive up to the scsi port it keeps coming up as "hard disk drive not ready" or "no disk" and wont allow me to read/format the zips as a result.
> > > when i press the disk button the zip drive tries to read the disc but fails.
> > > i have tried a number of different discs and a different drive and the same thing occurs.
> > > 
> > > i am fairly new to this unit but i have read the manual and followed the directions and it appears the scsi port has an issue.
> > > 
> > > do you agree?
> > > 
> > > --- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, Rish <rish@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Well, what does it do? 
> > > > 
> > > > Rish
> > > > 
> > > > Life is like MIDI, your either IN, OUT or THRU.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Aug 6, 2011, at 8:36 AM, "nicknak110756" <neil.b.dunn@> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Thanks for all the replies guys, very much appreciated!
> > > > > 
> > > > > think i'll deffo look into the internal scsi option if i can get one for a good price.
> > > > > its a real shame as the unit has a scsi card already installed but i cant get it to read my zip or cd drives for some reason.
> > > > > 
> > > > > dont know if theres a solution to that issue but would welcome any further advice if its out there?
> > > > > 
> > > > > --- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, Rish <rish@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yes you are lucky cause there are only 2 that will work that way and they have not been available for 10 yrs.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Rish
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Life is like MIDI, your either IN, OUT or THRU.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Aug 5, 2011, at 11:26 AM, amenophis@ wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Great! I'm a lucky man. I found 2 Teac FD-235 (2 different revisions) 
> > > > > > > on eBay (3 euro both) and it's works on my S1100 and my S3000i. I've 
> > > > > > > just changed the jumper position.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Citando Rish <rish@>:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Not true teac made about 10 revisions of the FD-235-H series drives, 
> > > > > > > > I know this as 7 of them I worked on with Teac. They no longer make 
> > > > > > > > these drives.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The drive found in the Akai that was a Teac is like 14yrs old and 
> > > > > > > > way out of production. The most current Teac 235 will not work by 
> > > > > > > > making a magic jumper change, sorry.
> > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > > Rish
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Life is like MIDI, your either IN, OUT or THRU.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Aug 5, 2011, at 10:21 AM, amenophis@ wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >> Hi there,
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >> the Akai S1100 floppy drive is a Teac FD-235HF which is used also in
> > > > > > > >> PC; if you find one which works, you have just to change the Teac
> > > > > > > >> FD-235HF PC floppy drive jumper in the Akai S1100 jumper position
> > > > > > > >> (take a look at your old floppy drive).
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >> Hope this help.
> > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > >> Citando nicknak110756 <phoreskinz@>:
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> > > > > > > >> > 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?
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> > > > > > > >> > many thanks
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