Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

Great news! 

1. Regarding your problem to mount the zip drive: Can't you change the
scsi ID of your scsi zip disc with dip switches or a dumb wheel?
Anyway, you can also change the scsi id of your HD by setting the
jumpers. Changing the scsi id of the zip drive looks to be easier.
Anyway, the sampler can work with only one external scsi id at a time,
so you have to switch between HD and zip all the time. 

2. BTW: do you have the brand and exact model number of hard disk? I'm
thinking that the sampler takes a very limited number of HD models
when it is used internally. That may be one of the reasons why the
rest of us have problems mounting an internal HD.

Have fun! 
Frank
 

--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "tbiggz"
<infarmah@h...> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the advice on the OS storage 
> to HD.  My S1100 arrived with an internal 
> HD and OS4.30 on a floppy disk.  Amazingly,
> noone ever loaded the OS on the internal
> HD.  Anyway, doing it was as easy as you
> said and now I boot to OS4.30 really fast.
> 
> --- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "tbiggz" 
> <infarmah@h...> wrote:
> > 
> > Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it.
> > 
> > --- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "aneurysmhook" 
> > <aneurysmhook@y...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Hi again, 
> > > 
> > > Actually yes it can! My machine currently automatically loads the 
> > > final OS from the SCSI zip disk. As long as you put the OS on the 
> > > first partition of the drive it should load automatically on 
> > powerup. 
> > > 
> > > This is just temporary until I get enough time & energy to take 
> it 
> > > out of the rack and put in the 2 eproms of the last OS which I 
> > > have. :)
> > > 
> > > --- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "tbiggz" 
> > > <infarmah@h...> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 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!