Anyone know where I can find an iso image to boot up my MPC

Hi guys, so i bought a broken 2000 classic because it had the 8 outs and that was all i wanted from it to put into my 2000xl. When I bought it and turned it on all the lights came on and the screen was blank. After I took out the 8 outs, the mpc is now trying to boot up and scans for scsi 0-7 (because the zip drive does not work) it might have just had a loose connection to something the whole time. anyway... I have a glyph scsi drive that takes cd's but I cant make a iso image of the MPC2000.SYS OR .EXE file because I have a pc with vista and my computer doesnt have scsi ports plus i dont have the original boot disk. I downloaded the files from forat.

Does anyone have an iso image for the MPC 2000 classic that I could download? Disk2file doesnt work for me because of lack of scsi ports i have and i've never had an akai formatted disc to copy from. I'm really curious to see if this mpc will boot up externally.

you can get the os from the above mpc os & manuals next to the home button.

hey thanks logick1, i saw that but im hoping someone has burned an iso image of one of their mpc 2000 disc that happens to also have the os on it. I don't have the necessary equipment to make my own akai formatted cd rom for the 2000. thanks.

Download files can be burned to a floppy to make a boot disk.
If you don't have a floppy on your computer you can always pick up a 2k boot floppy on eBay cheap.

I second the ebay floppy idea. The 2000 would have a floppy built in right? Internal zip is not an option for it if I remember correctly.

If floppy drive doesn't work on it...again ebay!

you need the disk2file program for making an MPC2000 compatible CD with your PC... that program should set you straight...

http://www.zicweb.com/disk2file/

i would want to just get a floppy drive but the guy who i bought it from i think ruined that option for me. He tried to install a zip drive. When I opened it up I saw an scsi cable/adapter inside that didn't look normal. he told me he just bought the wrong drive. but whatever. I'll have to check that option out.

Hey crossings - Are there settings I can manipulate in disk2file to create an akai formatted cd. I don't have an original akai cd rom to copy the format from. Can disk2file help me with that?

thanks guys.

P.S.- I got my hands on a zip disk with the os on it. I just need an external scsi drive now argggg!

Ausker wrote:Hey crossings - Are there settings I can manipulate in disk2file to create an akai formatted cd. I don't have an original akai cd rom to copy the format from. Can disk2file help me with that?

yes... that's the purpose of the program and why i posted it.


an article online mentioned this detail for getting it to work...

check that the settings for File format are '2048 -- Mode 1 or mode 2 Form 1 Data Only', and Track Format 'CD-ROM Mode 1'. You can now go for the burn, using 'Close CD' fixation, 'Disc/Session at once'.

ah thank you sir. I'm going to try this tomorrow morning. I'll let ya know how it goes. what's the link to that article?