Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

It's not that simple at first.
There is a more common ext zip that is parallel port.
Same 25pin connector. DOES NOT WORK WITH S1100. You
need the SCSI one.

Your Sampler has a 50pin Amphenol (SCSI 1 call that)
The ext SCSI 100Mb zip drive has a 25pin dSub, like an
old beige mac, (still SCSI 1)
So the cable you need is 50pin Amphenol to 25pin dsub.
The two connectors on the zip are the same I think,
but one has ZIP on it, which is the input to the
drive, the other is for continuation of the SCSI bus.
(If you connect another item here, you turn the
termination off)

You select 5 and term on on the back of the zip, and
if you plug the stuff up to the sampler, when you
power up with a zip in the drive and you select hard
disk, the zip drive will appear on the default ID of
5. Then you decide partition size, I match RAM size on
mine, 3 x 32Mb for a zip. Then you FORMAT, make a cup
of tea and then the disk is ready for saving samples
to. I recommend some paperwork in advance, labelling
each disk and having a book of what's where. Your
choice, most people don't, and then have trouble
finding stuff i suspect.
After you have stuff on the disk, when you select hHD,
you'll see the partitions and volumes like a fixed
drive.

There is another SCSI 50pin connector you get on jaz
drives and some PCs that looks like an artists
impression of the son of the first two connectors.
This gets called SCSI 2 by lots of people. Same
signals etc.
All of the above is also called narrow SCSI

After that it gets more complicated with faster wider
systems which have been re-named at least once and
there are a few different drive types on the same
connector too, as well as identical types of drives
with different connectors. There are some good
articles on the web, you may ignore them for your
current needs..
The other major sampler manufacturers have all had to
educate the musicians, so there are normally documents
that <explain> what's going on. I found the
Kurzweil.com support amterial to be the best, but the
EMU stuff is good. The old mac manuals are good too. 
Welcome to SCSI

--- filipovske <filipmail@...> wrote:

> Thanks so much folks;)
> 
> But I am still confuse about type of SCSI cables
> connections, i've 
> found one on ebay - 26 pin D port - is it telling
> you anything????
> All I need (except other pleasures...) is
> confirmation - that ZIP 
> will work fine with SCSI.
> and by hte way - is AKAI 'see' ZIP as a HD ??? and
> how to connect 
> everything???
> 
> sorry for my lame questions...... SCSI stuff is
> quite new for 
> myself...
> 
> 
> have a nice day gentelmans!
> 
> 
> 
> filip
> 
> --- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, Les
> Lambert 
> <les_lmbrt@...> wrote:
> >
> > If you want external zip100 SCSI, there are about
> 6 a
> > month on ebay.co.uk, sometimes with a decent stock
> of
> > media. The disks rarely go for more than \ufffd1 each
> now
> > that me and ganamor have stopped bidding against
> each
> > other to own the entire universe of zip. 
> > They're all over the UK and collection cuts costs
> > dramatically if you shop local.
> > My best deal ever was from a computer guy who must
> > have thought very little of the ext drive biz in
> > general and zip in particular. Only 100Mb, why
> bother
> > etc.
> > 
> > If you are unable to source, I still have loads.
> > However, the quest will strengthen your resolve
> Luke.
> > 
> > Doesn't your cousin Dave have any? <(:>{}  
> > --- "neal.gilmore" <neal.gilmore@...> wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm not sure how easy it will be to find the
> drives
> > > you are looking 
> > > for outside of Ebay.  I struggled to find any
> SCSI
> > > ZIp drives in any 
> > > of the second-hand computer shops here.
> > > 
> > > In the end I bought two Syquest EZ230MB drives
> and
> > > one Syjet 1.5GB 
> > > drive (for my other sampler) very cheaply on
> Ebay. 
> > > Iomega ZIP's I 
> > > have seen occasionally in the second-hand music
> > > shops but the prices 
> > > are heavily inflated over Ebay.  You could also
> have
> > > a look in the 
> > > adverts in Sound on Sound online.  I paid about
> \ufffd60
> > > for the two EZ230 
> > > with about 13 cartridges thrown in on Ebay.  The
> > > Syjet would also 
> > > work with the S1100 but would be a waste of its
> > > capacity.  HAving 
> > > said that I paid \ufffd9 for it on Ebay and got 5
> 1.5GB
> > > cartridges for it 
> > > as well!
> > > 
> > > Happy hunting
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com,
> > > "filipovske" 
> > > <filipmail@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > OK.
> > > > 
> > > > but Where I can buy (except ebay) that kind of
> > > drives ???
> > > > 
> > > > Any help ??? I am UK based.
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > thx
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > filip
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > --- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com,
> > > "gribus88" 
> > > > <guido7@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In
> akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com,
> > > "filipovske" 
> > > > <filipmail@> wrote:
> > > > > I use an Iomega 100mb external ZIPdrive,
> watch
> > > the cable ! 
> > > > different connectors
> > > > > on each side is what you need. Don't know
> the
> > > names for the 
> > > > connectors, but
> > > > > they are still for sale in computershops. 
> > > > > good luck.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hello and thnx bro;)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > I've found at last that SCSI ZIP drive is
> > > actually most 
> > > > reasonable 
> > > > > > solution, but I need some help still...
> > > > > > I have found on ebay :
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >
> http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?
> > > > > > from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=scsi%2Bzip
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > SCSI zip drives, but I am not sure which
> ones
> > > is suitable for 
> > > > AKAI 
> > > > > > s1100 ???
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Would you mind to help me ???
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > many thanx.....
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > nice communityby the way.....
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > --- In
> akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com,
> > > "bronxed01" 
> > > > > > <bronxed01@> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > i have the same problem. i use a SCSI
> zip
> > > drive. They work 
> > > > fine for
> > > > > > > all saving functions. Just make sure not
> to
> > > get one larger 
> > > > than 
> > > > > > 100mb,
> > > > > > >  as the s1100 can only use 60mb of the
> disk,
> > > so there is not 
> > > > point 
> > > > > > in
> > > > > > > a 250mb, or a 1gig one. A HD would be a
> good
> > > choice too, but 
> > > > the
> > > > > > > maximum size useable with it is 500mb,
> so
> > > you'd need to find 
> > > > quite 
> > > > > > an
> > > > > > > old one. i think the cheapest solution
> is
> > > the zip drive, they 
> > > > last
> > > > > > > very well, and zip disks are very easy
> and
> > > increasingly 
> > > > cheaper to 
> > > > > > buy.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Hope this is some help.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > --- In
> > > akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com,
> "filipovske"
> > > > > > > <filipmail@> wrote:
> 
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