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Re: [xl7] Re: FLASH SIMM update

2011-01-02 by Ivan Chaparro

I agree, they are over priced and having cheaper access to rom would  
strongly stimulate the e-mu community. Any idea when it will be ready?

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On Jan 2, 2011, at 8:11 AM, "David Unlimbo" <subscribedgroups@... 
 > wrote:

>
> Regardless of how much we love the E-MU's, it is an obsolete out-of- 
> production unsupported piece of kit. The ROM's shouldn't command the  
> 'excessive' second-hand value that they do. If the flash-ROM  
> innovation devalues the ROM market then ALL of us will benefit. The  
> probable outcome would be a healthy exchange of ROM's, all of us  
> would have access to the entire E-MU library (instead of waiting  
> months for 'that ROM' to appear on ebay).
> I see no problems at all.
> Bring it on Jack.
> -- 
>
> David Unlimbo
> www.akahum.com www.myspace.com/akahum
> "a tremendous set by Akahum" BBC News, Eden Festival
>
> --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, electric-motion@... wrote:
> >
> > Jack,
> >
> > Thanks a lot for the update.
> >
> > I just can't wait to use it in my XL7 :)
> >
> > Best wishes for 2011 and thanks for your hard work !
> >
> > Geoffrey
> >
> >
> > --- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Bruno <brunorc@> wrote:
> > >
> > > 2011/1/1 Jack Pratt <woodsworth1@>
> > > > There is the slot that the SIMM is actually in (should be slot  
> 0) which is the physical slot, and obviously you can't have two  
> SIMMs in one slot, and then there are the other slots which can be  
> emulated or not depending on whether you have other ROMs you want to  
> use [you can just emulate all the slots, but then everyone would  
> start selling their excess SIMMs and the market would lose its  
> bottom].
> > >
> > > I don't know about you, but I wouldn't mind getting ROMs for the
> > > quarter of their current price...
> > >
> >
>
>

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