Mpc 60 ram DIY?

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Mpc 60 ram DIY?

By Beatdiggerjazzcat Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:02 pm
I understand the money you pay is because it is hard to find... But really??
I know I can't afford one, let alone find one.

I found a home made stacked ram option

http://blog.retrosynth.com/archives/200 ... rself.html

However! There is no way I am messing with the 60's own pcb(s)

Has anyone come across any home made expansion boards?

I think I am gonna try and make one
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Re: Mpc 60 ram DIY?

By jibber Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:46 pm
I wouldn't do the memory hack either. Some users have reported that if they sample more than 13 seconds (so the expansion memory gets used), they experience some distortion in the samples.

If you look at the sticky thread "MPC Bible", there is a link somewhere to a site called sequentix or something. They have barebone PCB's for sale which you can use to build your own expansion card.
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Re: Mpc 60 ram DIY?

By mr_debauch Thu Dec 22, 2011 5:38 pm
i have heard of people getting good results.. but I have heard about the distorted thing too...

I wouldn't risk it... honestly, you see mkii 60s floating around that come with the expansion but no scsi.. it often comes with 2.12.. keep an eye on ebay.. you can get them for under 500 bucks. you grab that, take out the ram.. resell the machine.
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Re: Mpc 60 ram DIY?

By mr_debauch Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:17 pm
not sure, I suppose you could look around the roger linn website.. maybe even ask him if he has any advice.. I dont know what to tell you.
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Re: Mpc 60 ram DIY?

By jibber Thu Dec 22, 2011 11:47 pm
Beatdiggerjazzcat wrote:Don't suppose you could chuck me the link bro... Takes hours to get **** on my phones Internet


http://www.sequentix.com/exm003.htm

Re: Mpc 60 ram DIY?

By fobedafied Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:25 am
ive heard that some service shops will not do any servicing of machines with this hack installed...

not sure if thats true or not.. :?
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Re: Mpc 60 ram DIY?

By mr_debauch Sat Dec 24, 2011 6:51 am
fobedafied wrote:good deal bro. :D


they like to rape people anyway... and keep things like jumper settings on the hush hush... :lol:


you got that right, with the 150+ dollar floppy drives
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Re: Mpc 60 ram DIY?

By Beatdiggerjazzcat Sat Dec 24, 2011 8:26 am
mr_debauch wrote:
fobedafied wrote:good deal bro. :D


they like to rape people anyway... and keep things like jumper settings on the hush hush... :lol:


you got that right, with the 150+ dollar floppy drives



I sell floppy drives for a tenner
I have seen the stitch up prices though!
I think it's disgusting to even attempt to charge that much
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