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Commodore IEC compatible sampler?

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 10:10 am
by carlsson
eBay auction wrote:Vintage Commodore disc drive ideal for your old commodore computer or hooking up with your old sampler like the (E-Mu) sp 1200. In average condition.
http://cgi.ebay.com/COMMODORE-1541-DISC ... dZViewItem

It made me curious, and it turns out the SP12 sampler can be connected to a 1541, while the SP1200 had a built-in floppy. Daisy-chaining floppies is not possible when used with the sampler though. I have a faint memory of some home-made/laboratory Z80 (?) systems from East Europe that also implemented the IEC bus and used 1541 disk drives. Since they have their own logic and everything, maybe it is a very powerful (albeit slow) device to incorporate in your own projects. In the case of E-Mu systems, I suppose they obtained a license from Commodore to implement the bus. Would it mean that this sampler also should work with 1581 or even MSD floppy drives, unless they use direct track access (non-Commodore file structure) to control the drive?

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:19 pm
by Jeff-20
I would love to get my hands on an SP 1200. I never thought it would come into conversation here.