Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

the band im in are looking to sell an akai s1000 and have a potential buyr, 
though she needs to know if it is compatable with zip disks

unfourtunalty we are somewhat technological cavemen and dont have a 
clue between us as weve only ever used it to record live drum loops with a 
mic.

if anyone can give me a bit more info i'd be well greatfull

cheers

"mikflaherty"wrote:
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> the band im in are looking to sell an akai s1000 and have a potential buyr, 
> though she needs to know if it is compatable with zip disks.

Certainly!
External scsi 100Mb zip id5 if you dont have an internal HD on that id. Connect 25dsub to 
50pin Amphenol cable, terminator on. Power up zip, then S1000, go and look for the drive 
under the disk menu. It's only seen once it's formatted. 
If your S1000 has 32Mb of RAM, It works well if you format the zip as three partitions of 
32Mb, and learn how to look at them from your front panel.
Always label them, at least with a number and a format. My labels read S3000_01 etc, and 
then a name for each partition, either project or Instrument classification if a Library Disk.
Zips work in almost everything and there can be issues if you put the wrong disk in the 
mac for instance.

I'm sure there are detailed discussions of this in the archive, we've all had to learn it at 
some time.