Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

On 12/12/2014 3:57 μμ, Simon Hughes hughesee2002@...
[akaiS1000S1100Samplers] wrote:
> Have you got a link ? I am sure the ones ive seen are about £70 +
> The gotek cost me just over £20
>

> From: mailto:akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 12:19 PM
> To: akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] GOTEK Floppy Emulators
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> For the same price I'd get the CF card reader.Scsi is a lot faster.
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> On Dec 12, 2014 9:13 AM, "Ewan Colsell ewanuno@... [akaiS1000S1100Samplers]" <akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> i haven't gotek. myself, what I do know is that they work. with the
> akai mpc60, but not with the ensoniq mirage.
>
> the gotek floppy emulator won';t work in anything that doesen't use a
> regular PC floppy drive, configured like a regular floppy drive, and
> controled like a regular floppy drive.
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> as far as I can tell the S1000 has a regular floppy drive, but I
> don't know how its configured, or how different the akai floppy format
> is from regular msdos.
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> I'd say there is a good chance It'LL work, but you'd have to try it to be sure.
>
> there is a Guy out there who wrote an alternative firmware for the
> gotek floppy emulator that makes it work with Amiga. if a regular
> gotek dosen't work, you could try that too.
>
> I'd. prefer a SCSI based solution. like scsi2sd but on a s1000
> without a SCSI card, the gotek would be the best option.
>
> somebody should try it and tell us how it goes!
>
> On 11/12/2014, Unkle Belzrebuth belzrebuth.s@...
> [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] <akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com>
> wrote:
> > CF cards like raizinmonster are a better solution imo.Never used a gotek on
> > a sampler though..
> > On Dec 11, 2014 6:43 PM, "Simon Hughes hughesee2002@...
> > [akaiS1000S1100Samplers]" <akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>; >
> >>
> >>
> >> Hey Gang,
> >>
> >> I was wondering has anyone had any joy in getting one of these working
> >> with an S1000/s1100 ?
> >>
> >> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271584208873?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
>; >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Simon
> >>
> >>
> >
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I thought the gotek was about 100€ too but I'm wrong apparently.For 20
pounds you can't go wrong with it.!