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Re: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Re: Akai S1100 4.3 OS Version EPROM images

2016-01-29 by Ewan Colsell

for my s1000 I used 27c512 eproms pulled from junk electronics from
the flea market.  you can find them on ebay too.

On 29/01/2016, deanolium@... [akaiS1000S1100Samplers]
<akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> I've just done this myself, and there's one gotcha. Assuming you use 1Mb
> chips, the rom file has to be burned onto the upper 512kb of both chips.
> This is because, despite using 1Mb chips, Akai only uses the upper 512kb and
> the highest address line is held high.
>
> It does also mean that you can use a 512kb eprom instead of a 1Mb - though
> the prices of both nowadays are pretty comparable.
>
> Hope that helps!


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