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Akai s1000 newbei questions

2011-02-08 by Uk Starski

hi Guys 

i have just got myself an akai  S1000 & have a few questions :-

Does it come with built in Fx card or it that an option extra ?
Are the FX'sany good ?
Can i use the RAM & FX's cards from my Akai  s3000i in the s1000?
Can i use my S3000 internal SCSI drive in the s1000?
Does the s1000 read & save 950 floppy discs 


cheers

Marc

Re: Akai s1000 newbei questions

2011-02-08 by roschdo

> Does it come with built in Fx card or it that an option extra ?
both no, there's no effects on S1000

> Can i use the RAM & FX's cards from my Akai  s3000i in the s1000?
no.

> Can i use my S3000 internal SCSI drive in the s1000?
i don't know.

> Does the s1000 read & save 950 floppy discs 
read yes. the S900 has 12bit and the S1000 16bit, so these are different formats. you can load S900 disks though, but can't write them in S900 format again.

Re: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Akai s1000 newbei questions

2011-02-08 by PeWe

S-1000 and S-1000PB don�t support FX cards.
If you want a FX board,- you need a S-1100.
The FX in the S-1100 are quite usable.

You cannot use RAM and FX cards of S-3000(i) in a S-1xxx series sampler.

S-1xxx series samplers accept SCSI drives up to 512MB size and MOD 
(magneto optical drive) up to 500MB / 512k clusters pre-formatted.
You can use ZIP drives also.
It�s picky on CD-ROM drives,- old Apple 2x and 4x are guaranteed to 
work,- that�s what I�m using here.

All refering to SCSI only, not SCSI II or UW and such.

AFAIK, S-1xxx series reads S-900 disks,- I�m not sure if it reads 
S-950,- check it out.


Am 08.02.2011 13:25, schrieb Uk Starski:
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>     hi Guys
>
> i have just got myself an akai  S1000 & have a few questions :-
>
> Does it come with built in Fx card or it that an option extra ?
> Are the FX's any good ?
> Can i use the RAM & FX's cards from my Akai  s3000i in the s1000?
> Can i use my S3000 internal SCSI drive in the s1000?
> Does the s1000 read & save 950 floppy discs
>
>
> cheers
>
> Marc
>

Re: Akai s1000 newbei questions

2011-03-25 by jaumemod

Halo!

FX yes. Option board in 4 board racks inside.
Yes
i don't think so
Yes
Be sure it s possible

--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, Uk Starski <ukstarski@...> wrote:
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>     hi Guys 
> 
> i have just got myself an akai  S1000 & have a few questions :-
> 
> Does it come with built in Fx card or it that an option extra ?
> Are the FX'sany good ?
> Can i use the RAM & FX's cards from my Akai  s3000i in the s1000?
> Can i use my S3000 internal SCSI drive in the s1000?
> Does the s1000 read & save 950 floppy discs 
> 
> 
> cheers
> 
> Marc
>

Re: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Re: Akai s1000 newbei questions

2011-03-25 by PeWe

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--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, Uk Starski wrote:

> Does it come with built in Fx card or it that an option extra ?


Akai S-1000 didn´t come w/ a FX board and there isn´t any expansion slot for a FX board.
Akai S-1100 came w/ a FX board.

> Are the FX'sany good ?


In a S-1100,- yes.

> Can i use the RAM & FX's cards from my Akai s3000i in the s1000?


No.

> Can i use my S3000 internal SCSI drive in the s1000?


Is not recomended adding a HDD to a S-1000 internaly because there´s no fan.
Well,- there was a Akai S-1000 HD model on the market.

To be true,- I don´t know HOW to add a HDD to a S-1000 internally,- maybe a mounting kit is needed.

In any case, a S-1000 can adress SCSI HDDs up to 540MB / 520MB formatted only, anything else is wasted disk space.
This rules for external HDDs connected to IB-103 SCSI interface card and would be the same w/ a internal drive.

> Does the s1000 read & save 950 floppy discs


Yes,- make sure you have latest OS eproms or latest OS on a floppy disk inserted in the drive at bootup.

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