Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

Jan,

Very intersting. Let me know if I can help you with the project. 
The S1100 is based on the NEC V50. This is a 8080 compatible CPU. I do
not know if akai uses it only in 8080 compatibility mode. 


Rgds,

Frank



--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "taurecords"
<TaurusRecords@g...> wrote:
> 
> inside of it - I only do know that the Akai S950 had an Intel
> compatible (186 IIRC) processor for the main tasks, would love to know
> (and hear) if the Akai S1100 is still based on such a (compatible) CPU
> , or is this a completely custom made machine which doesn't run on
> anything but custom ASICs ? (From what I've read it includes custom
> ASICs, however it seems still somehow unlikely that such a vintage
> sampler is completely customized already.. only Ensoniq/Emu did that
> efford from the "emulator-4 based "(e4k/e6400,etc) machines on..
> 
> The reason why I'm asking is because I want to develop some software
> for it - and this would simplify the process tremendeously - I do have
> all the necessary tools at home (EPROM burners, logic analyzers,
> scopes,etc)
> 
> So far I have only snatched this rather low-res picture from the web
> of the internals... I suspect (and hope) the rather lengthy chip in
> towards the center on the front could be the CPU..
> 
> http://home.arcor.de/jfkrecords/akai/aka.jpg
> 
> 
> Many thanks for a quick reply in advance,
> 
> Cheers
> 
> -Jan