CD Rom query

Very, very new to this so please bear with me...

I bought a 2000xl from a friend who has now left the country, and he didn't leave me with the start up disk (if there is such a thing??). Every chapter in the manual starts with "Load up the ... from the disk", so I'm having to fumble my way around without it.

Should the machine have come with this disk? and does anyone know where I could get one?

thanks
shep

no start up disk is required for the 2000 xl......it is referring to the cd rom that came with the unit..........if u dont have that its no big deal.......welcome to the forum..........what all do you have? Make it know very clearly and we can help you out

Cool,

Basically I've just got the unit and a zip drive. I think I might have to invest in a CD drive?

thanks

No problem........you can find what is compatible at
http://home.tampabay.rr.com/dwilson3/bargains.html




Hope this helps u out......and once again Welcome to the Forum
Phatz

thanks - really appreciate the help.

Do you know where I can get a copy of the CD Rom too?

I have a little money saving trick for you.

A external cd drive is actually the same tyoe of drive that is found in your computer. There is no diference, except that of power handeling. Most drives will be compatable in this department.

I actualy bought my drive, and within a few weeks, it died!
I took the thing apart, and thought to myself, this is the same drive thats in computers. So I went down to the PC store, and bought a NEC high speed drive for pc, and threw it into the external housing. I noticed that there were a few more wires for conecting the scsi ID selector. It took a few tries, but I got it together, and now it works better than ever.

Because the drive was internal, it only cost me $35.
The same drive with the external housing is over a hundred.

a real cheap way to get a hold of an external housing unit would be from like a goodwill or something. People throw them away all the time.

breakbeat mechanic wrote:I have a little money saving trick for you.

A external cd drive is actually the same tyoe of drive that is found in your computer. There is no diference, except that of power handeling. Most drives will be compatable in this department.

I actualy bought my drive, and within a few weeks, it died!
I took the thing apart, and thought to myself, this is the same drive thats in computers. So I went down to the PC store, and bought a NEC high speed drive for pc, and threw it into the external housing. I noticed that there were a few more wires for conecting the scsi ID selector. It took a few tries, but I got it together, and now it works better than ever.

Because the drive was internal, it only cost me $35.
The same drive with the external housing is over a hundred.

a real cheap way to get a hold of an external housing unit would be from like a goodwill or something. People throw them away all the time.

A scsi drive is not the same as an ide drive

I did not say scsi is the same as ide. I did however point out the fact, you can buy a crive SCSI for a pc box, and install it into an external housing.

Am I wrong? If so, why does mine work just fine? Mabe I am just imagining things.

Oh, and to top it off, I dont believe my drive is even suposed to be compatible.

No Breakbeat is right, I also go that way to install my internal SCSI cdrom drive in an external scsi casing. Works just fine, it is however very important to realise that most internal cdrom drives are IDE ones. So b4 you go this way make sure that your cdrom drive is SCSI. You dont want to blow the scsi fuse on your mpc by connecting the wrong type of cdrom drive.

shep,
what the disk is about is to teach you to load sounds. You actually dont need the disk. The disk that came with the mpc has some sounds on it, just to show you how to load up sounds. You are actually supposed to sample your own sounds, I.e. from vinyl, then save them to your own disk-then load them up later.

Or load sounds from purchased sample disks
(the sounds that came with the mpc originally on that disk, suck, so you really shouldnt worry about them)

Look for your own sounds: A turntable is very easy. or you can try downloading stuff from the web for free.

a good place to start looking for sounds you want is at this website, there are some very good sample packsa to purchase.

Id say that unless you have "sample cds" you dont need a cd drive. Since you have a zip disk, you can save plenty of sounds on it, but to load sounds from your computer youll need a zip drive on your computer. You can also use your computer to swap samples from the cd drive to teh zip drive-eliminating the need for cd drive. just a thought though


Peace

sorry, I dont mean to be such an a ss. I really dont mean anything personal. I must admit, I have been a jerk lately.

Sorry.

The disk that came with the mpc has some sounds on it, just to show you how to load up sounds. You are actually supposed to sample your own sounds, I.e. from vinyl, then save them to your own disk-then load them up later.

Hi,

Yes, I've been lifting loops, etc from vinyl, but to learn this baby inside out I gathered it would be best to start from scratch. I'm kinda working backwards throught the manual and I'm frightened I might miss something. I've looked for an external drive over here (in the UK) and the prices seem ridiculous, so might check my PC.

thanks y'all
Shep

cool.

id say try to just sit down one day and go through every menu on the mpc. ya know-shift "x" everything, go and "open window" on every screen. This way you see whats there, youd be suprised there really isnt that much and you can memorize reall fast and itll help you when you read the manual.

peace