Comments on: Akai s1100 CF card inside (scsi to ide)

By: Dom

Dom — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 09:18:38 +0000

nice site!

By: Martin78

Martin78 — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 16:15:49 +0000

In reply to Dan. Hello! Tanks for the info. I know this device. But sometimes you can buy ACARD adapter much cheaper than Razin. On ebay, or from Chinese supplier via aliexpress.com

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 01:30:36 +0000

In reply to Dan. edit: WITHOUT acard adapters :)

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 01:29:51 +0000

Just wanted to post some info for people looking for storage solutions. You can get these working would extra expensive adapters (such as the ACARD adapters)

CF Raizin is a SCSI -> Compact Flash reader. Can be mounted in place of the floppy drive. (I have this installed in my s1100; works well). Cost is about $120 USD on eBay

SCSI2SD is a SCSI to SD reader than can be internally mounted and acts like a hard drive. Cost is about $90 USD. Look on google for the website.

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:45:47 +0000

Martin – old thread I know but thanks for this info. Just bought an s3000xl again as I don’t like software samplers – am going to try to install an internal Jaz drive.

By: Asier

Asier — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 02:41:32 +0000

sorry!
my question is answered in the first line of your post…I feel ashamed!
A.

By: Asier

Asier — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 19:36:35 +0000

Hi
I’ve just bought a s1100 sampler and the seller gave me a second one with broken floppy drive, so I’ve been thinking on putting a sata HDD inside.
I saw that sata can be connected to SAS.
My cuestion is, will it work? and for instance if I put a 80gb hdd inside would I have that storage inside? or is it better to go the CF way?
Thank you.
Your help and guide is much appreicated
A.

By: Martin78

Martin78 — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 18:17:22 +0000

I don’t have s900 so i can’t help more.
Congrats you bought s1100 :)
I don’t have idea what is your expansion for.
I have only spdif and smpte cards.

By: Nutjob

Nutjob — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:54:35 +0000

In reply to Martin78.

I don’t know about impossible. The card has a ribbon connector that goes out the external centronics SCSI port. I reckon the whole centronics port could be moved inside the unit and an adapter used to convert back to ribbon cable SCSI as some people do with their mpc 3000s, or a custom ribbon cable could be made up to go from the ib109 to the SCSI drive. What do you reckon?

Another problem is that the s950 expects there to be a floppy in the drive before it lets you select SCSI drives for use. I was thinking of trying to put 5V across the the “drive ready” line on the floppy connector, but I seem to recall that an unformatted floppy also blocked me from getting to the SCSI drive. Now I’m thinking about putting an HxC inside. Lol.

Just got an s1100 in the post today. Lousy packaging – lucky they’re built like tanks. It’s got an expansion card next door to the smpte bay with two 1/4 inch sockets. No idea what it is. Will open her up soon and try to find out.

By: Martin78

Martin78 — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:18:38 +0000

In reply to Aske.

Hello! It’s not possible, even if you have scsi card for akai s950 (IB-109) there is no internal scsi socket
I suggest you to buy SD floppy emulator
http://torlus.com/floppy/forum/ – find the right topic about akai s950 and read
you can buy HxC drive emulator on ebay ($149 right now)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SD-Floppy-Emulator-Rev-F-3-5-floppy-drive-substitute-/180937473243?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item2a20b6bcdb