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Re: New member, on my third prophet 2000. Have to say thanks.

2007-11-08 by eric_swhite

I forgot to include the serial number. it'#  2280  .   ESW

--- In prophet2000@yahoogroups.com, "eric_swhite" <eric_swhite@...> 
wrote:
>
> It's been ten years since my last P2k.  I just picked up my third 
unit 
> a few days ago. No manual. But your site, and its files, along with 
my 
> old memories; have awoken the beast.  Yes they run hot. Like a 
pheonix! 
> I just payed some cat here in Seattle 150.00 for a mint condition, 
8-
> output expanded, O.S. 4.2 Prophet 2000. I thought it was such a 
steal, 
> it came with a new spare floppie-drive, and some new wine country 
> discs. Then in scanning the old posts on this site, I read one from 
the 
> guy I bought it from, saying he had just picked it up for 75.00. 
This 
> was four months ago. He doubled his investment. He had no 
understanding 
> of it's sampling capacity. He was using it only to play back the 
discs. 
> It was all too surreal. I had manuals with my first two units. I 
agree 
> that the writer was excellent. Stanley......I was at first 
concerned 
> about the heat in the back by the midi ports. Answered in the 
postings. 
> The most amazing thing though, is manual SECTION 13. Hello. It's 
like 
> the rosetta stone. I think mine might even be the coveted expanded 
> beyond 512k-type of memory. How would I ever really find out? And 
how 
> do I load more than one disc of samples into the machine, and have 
> access to them all? These are puzzling questions, I put them out on 
the 
> floor. Thank you all for being here to help.  ESW
>

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