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Re: AKAI S1100 V4.3 Operating System upgrade problem

2008-07-07 by taskoni

Never mind...
Not so much helpful guys around, eh...
Boris

 --- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "taskoni" <taskoni@...> wrote:
>
> Hi folks.
> I just bought S1000...I bought also internal Hard drive for it. I read in the manual that I 
> can save the latest OS (4.4) on a HD and after that it will be loading it automatically 
from 
> there instead to load floppy diskette all the time... Is that true? Or I need eprom chip?
> Many thanks,
> Bobby
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> --- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "Mike" <profpep@> wrote:
> >
> > I'm in the UK, but I do have an EPROM programmer that will do the large EPROMs used 
> in the Akais. I chipped up one of my 3000s a while ago. 
> > 
> > If you can't get one elsewhere, let me knwo: I'll do it for cost and postage.
> > 
> > Best wishes
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> >   ----- Original Message ----- 
> >   From: lesfauves83 
> >   To: akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com 
> >   Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 9:07 PM
> >   Subject: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Re: AKAI S1100 V4.3 Operating System upgrade 
> problem
> > 
> > 
> >   Thank you all for your help!
> >   I will first try to buy the eprom with the 4.3OS!
> > 
> >   Davide
> > 
> >   --- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, Ullrich Peter
> >   <peter.ullrich@> wrote:
> >   >
> >   > 
> >   > Hi!
> >   > 
> >   > Have a look at the end of this page: http://www.firstpr.com.au/rwi/smem/
> >   > 
> >   > Here is the V4.3 ZIP for the S1100. And you also find the eprom images!
> >   > 
> >   > Remember that with the disk you have to load the V4.3 every time
> >   from the disk which is very slow...
> >   > When you burn eprom and change them you load the OS from the eprom
> >   which is much faster!
> >   > 
> >   > So there is no update posibility that updates you OS version like on
> >   the newer machines as the S1000/S1100
> >   > use eproms and no flash memories!!!
> >   > 
> >   > Ciao
> >   > Peter
> >   > 
> >   > http://www.ullrich.at.tt
> >   > 
> >   > ________________________________________
> >   > Von: akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com
> >   [akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com] im Auftrag von mishon66@
> >   [mishon66@]
> >   > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 26. Juni 2008 03:54
> >   > An: akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com
> >   > Betreff: Re: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] AKAI S1100 V4.3 Operating
> >   System upgrade problem
> >   > 
> >   > You can purchase the OS discs or even the OS ROMs for both the AKAI
> >   > s1000 and the s1100 from www.Route66studios.com They also have some
> >   > parts for the S900
> >   > Andy
> >   > 
> >   > -----Original Message-----
> >   > From: lesfauves83 <case@>
> >   > To: akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com
> >   > Sent: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 4:57 pm
> >   > Subject: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] AKAI S1100 V4.3 Operating System
> >   > upgrade problem
> >   > 
> >   > 
> >   > 
> >   > Hello. I own an S1100 with its original operative system (1.36) and I
> >   > 
> >   > would like to upgrade to 4.3. I downloaded the update file from the
> >   > 
> >   > akai website (the one that asks for a blank diskette) but I really
> >   > 
> >   > can't be able to make it work... I tried it in Windows XP, 95 (MS-DOS
> >   > 
> >   > prompt) and various versions of DOS but the program always quits
> >   > 
> >   > saying "Diskette error - try another" whatever disk format or density
> >   > 
> >   > I use, both formatted in DOS and in AKAI format with the S1100 itself
> >   > 
> >   > and also with Akaidisk. Not to mention that I tried with 10 different
> >   > 
> >   > floppy disks...
> >   > 
> >   > Did anyone else experienced this problem?
> >   > 
> >   > Is there any sysex version of OS 4.3 so I can upgrade via midi?
> >   > 
> >   > Thanks
> >   > 
> >   > David
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