Share your knowledge on these two classic MPCs
By optimus prime Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:45 pm
i've been offered an mpc 3000 at an ok price and am tempted... but im worried its not got the most recent OS. I've been told it has version 3.10 which is ROM based in my understanding (therefore i dont have to load the OS when i turn it on). But i have seen 3000's with OS 3.11/3.12 these are updates which if you want to use you have to load each time you turn on the mpc. Correct? or im i way off - is 3.11 a ROM upgrade? if so how much is it and is it still available?

peace

op

By peezie Wed Jun 29, 2005 8:39 pm
Dont bother with the 3.11. There is a newer os. i'd jump on it.

By fobedafied Wed Jun 29, 2005 9:05 pm
to boot the newest version 3.14 via floppy, i belive that you have to have OS version 3.11 ROMS or newer... to use the new OS, you will have to install new ROMS into your MPC... otherwize you can just keep your 3.10 ROMS and use floppies to boot OS versions 3.11 or 3.12... for info on 3.14 ROM chips, inquire at http://www.mpc3000.com/

i think i got it right... :o

By optimus prime Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:39 pm
i did look at mpc3000.com before posting. you can see im a fan of the site from my other post today in this forum. i was just slightly confused about the rom thing. i will email them to find out about the cost of a rom upgrade as i may well run in to issues using the new OS on version 3.10.

peace

op
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By rokuez Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:29 pm
does this work 4 the 60?

By elmacaco Thu Jun 30, 2005 5:10 am
No, you need to buy 3.10 if you want the best OS for the 60 to date.

By mpc3000le Thu Jul 07, 2005 1:09 am
optimus prime wrote:i did look at mpc3000.com before posting. you can see im a fan of the site from my other post today in this forum. i was just slightly confused about the rom thing. i will email them to find out about the cost of a rom upgrade as i may well run in to issues using the new OS on version 3.10.

peace

op


www.mpc3000.com is the site where 3.14 is hosted. ( Thanks Mike ! :-) )

If you need to contact the developer of 3.14 you will find all information about how to do same within the *.PDF included with the download.

Rohan.