Akai S950

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Akai S950

By optimus prime Fri Oct 22, 2004 5:26 pm
am i right in thinking that it has a scsi port? if it does, can you use a zip drive with it? and if you can use a zip drive with it - does the 250mb zip work with it? - i know some older equipment has limits on the amount of storage it will recognise.

peace

op
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By Prah_860_ Sun Oct 24, 2004 4:59 pm
well member "mpc3000" told me that the s900 I sold didn't have a scsi port......I didn't care anyway it wouldn't had done me much good when the memory is mad tiny.....so it might be tru on the s950 also...but I think I remember someone mentioning that the s950 does have scsi!

By optimus prime Sun Oct 24, 2004 5:35 pm
thanks for your answer... do you reckon that you could use a zip drive with one then?

op
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By binger0 Sun Oct 24, 2004 5:43 pm
well that would be scsi
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By binger0 Sun Oct 24, 2004 5:47 pm
Sampler
Memory :
Standard : 720k mb
Maximum : 2.25 mb
Sampling Rates :
Minimum : 7.5 kHzkHz 12 bits
Maximum : 48.0 kHzkHz 12 bits
Features : Time stretch scsi interface
Other Features: Ease of use! 10 outs: 2 = L/R + 8 unbalanced!!!
Upgrades: Version 1.2 OS IB-109 interface for SCSI

By TZ Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:23 pm
It's almost impossible to find an S950 with the SCSI upgrade. They sometimes pop up on Ebay, but very rarely and they usually sell for a lot....

You won't be able to get the IB-109 interface separately.

Good luck!
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How do I tell how much memory my s950 has????

By Philly Stress Sun Oct 24, 2004 10:30 pm
TZ wrote:It's almost impossible to find an S950 with the SCSI upgrade. They sometimes pop up on Ebay, but very rarely and they usually sell for a lot....

You won't be able to get the IB-109 interface separately.

Good luck!


How Can you tell how much memory the s950 has in it??
The manaul doesn't say!

By optimus prime Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:15 am
TZ wrote:It's almost impossible to find an S950 with the SCSI upgrade. They sometimes pop up on Ebay, but very rarely and they usually sell for a lot....

You won't be able to get the IB-109 interface separately.

Good luck!


most of the ones i have seen hear in the uk have a scsi port on the back... what i want to know is does anyone use this scsi port with a zip drive?

pz

op

By TZ Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:01 am
Make sure you're not confusing a SCSI port (as I said, you see them rarely) with the RS-232C port (every S950 has one). It looks like SCSI, but it's not and can not be used with a Zip drive....

By fobedafied Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:02 am
if a s950 has SCSI installed it will also have Digital In, and an Optical Input... these are all located on the same expansion card, which is called the IB-109...

these are pretty rare, so i doubt your s950 has it...

i think the limit for a SCSI HD on the s950 is somewhere around 70mb...

By TZ Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:08 am
I'M NOT YOUR TYPICAL AMERICAN! :twisted:

What up Fobe!?!

By optimus prime Mon Oct 25, 2004 9:00 am
TZ wrote:Make sure you're not confusing a SCSI port (as I said, you see them rarely) with the RS-232C port (every S950 has one). It looks like SCSI, but it's not and can not be used with a Zip drive....


i think thats what i was doing... thanks for setting me straight. im only looking at getting one to use for drums so floppy disks will be ok.

peace

op
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