Akai S950

Jeff · **Posted:** Thu May 17, 2012 7:21 pm

950er wrote:

Hi Jeff

thanks for the quick response!

The icd software is tu run the icd board on the atari but I guess I can't install it the usual way in my 950?!

The icd advantage plus st is an "interface" made for atari st's... http://www.icd.com/atari/

The 950 has a 19pin Atari DMA port (ib105) which is connected to the icd board to "normally" use hd's and other external hardware like the floppy emulator.

there are something that i don't understand : the icd board is an SCSI board. I don't see the point with a floppy disk drive/emulator. Can you reexplain me ?

950er · **Joined:** Tue May 15, 2012 10:56 pm **Posts:** 6

Hi Jeff,

I thought there might be an easy way to get this connection done... But I'm just gonna replace the floppy drive and back up the excisting floppies with my comp.

Thanks anyways!!!

COBOLT · **Joined:** Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:18 am **Posts:** 11

Jeff wrote:

COBOLT wrote:

Hi Jeff,

I have a problem that I can not solve. it is an import samples into my akai. I also tried akai prepared image from S900blogspot but writes unformatted. if I try to format the card so nothing happens is still unformatted. What is the correct procedure?
But if I use a file from Jandoe file is uploaded. Sorry for my bad English.

Can you give a link to the S900blogspot images ?

i find this on page 5 i thing that is same files

Juppdich wrote:
Downloaded an "known to work" Image from an blog (http://akai-s900.blogspot.com/2008/01/h ... to-pc.html).
Converted it with the HCX Tool, and no Luck at all.
Again: Bad data from Disk.

OT.: Orderd an LED LCD several Minutes Ago. *Happy Happy Joy Joy*
I Will post picutres when this Baby will be finished...

I have checked the file image : no problem.

So there are 2 possibilities :
->The SDCard too slow : little chance since you using a DD file image (low bitrate)
-> You miss the Akai pull-up patch. Can you check your modification? Can you try a 1K ohms resistor ?

it possible that i have bad rezistors or bad (slow) SD card ?

thanks for your reply!

Jeff · **Posted:** Fri May 25, 2012 7:27 am

COBOLT wrote:

Jeff wrote:

COBOLT wrote:

Hi Jeff,

I have a problem that I can not solve. it is an import samples into my akai. I also tried akai prepared image from S900blogspot but writes unformatted. if I try to format the card so nothing happens is still unformatted. What is the correct procedure?
But if I use a file from Jandoe file is uploaded. Sorry for my bad English.

Can you give a link to the S900blogspot images ?

i find this on page 5 i thing that is same files

Try this HFE image :
http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emu ... MOXKIT.zip

COBOLT · **Joined:** Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:18 am **Posts:** 11

Try this HFE image :
http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emu ... MOXKIT.zip[/quote]

Hello,

thanks for file. I tried loading program first when started loading sampler write ops! bad data from disk. I tried also loading individual samples but only first sample can be loaded

Jeff · **Posted:** Sun May 27, 2012 2:00 pm

COBOLT wrote:

Hello,

thanks for file. I tried loading program first when started loading sampler write ops! bad data from disk. I tried also loading individual samples but only first sample can be loaded

Your Akai is an S950 ? If yes you should apply the resistor mod.

950er · **Joined:** Tue May 15, 2012 10:56 pm **Posts:** 6

Hi there!

I received my floppy emulator REV F yesterday...

and immediately hooked it up.
First it said I need to format the sd card... Did that with a pc. Then it said the cfg-file is missing... bounced it on the sd card. I also bounced a ready to use file on the sd too... When switching on the s950 it now appears "bad file" on the display which disappears when going into the menu!
After that I tried to sample and save to the sd ... Unfortunatelly no luck! Emulator won't interact!

When I try to format it with the s950 it says that write-protection is on but it's not!!! In an earlier post Jeff said to reverse the power connection (REV C) but it won't work for the REV F. If I do that I have no power on the emulator at all.

I guess it has nothing to do with the resistor? As far as I figured from the posts in this forum the resistor only needs to be changed because of longer floppy cables for the external use of the emulator... Am I correct???

INFO:
- I use the original floppy cable (pretty short)
- HXC Software version (7.something)
- Already tried with the reversed floppy connector and "normal"-mode with ID termination on

I only know little about the technical stuff... but until now I tried everything and would be happy for a solution

Thanks in advance, Jay

BTW Thanks to Jeff and Lotharek for creating hi-tech gear for lo-fi equipment

Jeff · **Posted:** Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:33 am

Did you received my email ?

950er · **Joined:** Tue May 15, 2012 10:56 pm **Posts:** 6

Yes I did... Thanks a lot!

I will add the resistor to the emulator these days and tell you if it's working.

Thanks for the support

banksy76 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:08 am **Posts:** 38

Hi there
As an owner of both the Desktop Rev C version and the latest 3.5" type, i can confirm that with the resistor mod applied and the latest firmware and software installed, the HxC appears to be fully compatible with the Akai S950 and as an extensive user of the S950 I am experiencing no problems whatsoever.

Many thanks again to Jeff and Lotharek for their fantastic support; great work guys!

12bitski · **Joined:** Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:58 pm **Posts:** 73

Wow! Really great, finally the HD Floppys for the 950 work!

I can confirm, too. I just had time to install the Resistor Mod (R18 , 2,2 kOhm).
Even with the long cable to the external HxC , it works good.
I´m about to load up all my HD Floppydisks into the internal drive and then save it to prepared virtual HD disks.
Sometimes I get an error while saving, but when I try again, it works. (I guess, it´s still due to the long cable).
Thanks to everybody in this forum solving that problem

If the Floppy Dump funktion on the HxC software works with the 950 disk format, the HxC rev F seems perfect for the S950

kovshbeats · **Joined:** Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:04 pm **Posts:** 7

How to save PGM+SAMPLES to HxC correctly? Whats the alghorithm. When i press - save pgm and samples but when loading it loads only pgm.

advanced-productions · **Joined:** Fri Nov 25, 2011 2:38 pm **Posts:** 4

It also works in all of my machines. I updated to the newest firmware, installed the resistor mod (R18, 2,2 kOhm), didnt changed the internal floppy cable, its still original...

AKAI S950, AKAI S900 (which needs no resistor change, but a larger lid)

asr10david · **Joined:** Tue Sep 13, 2011 3:55 pm **Posts:** 6

I'm hijacking the thread...

I've installed the hxc in my s950. Changed the s950's r18 resistor with a 2.2kOhm. Updated the hxc to the 1.7.1.2 firmware. Downloaded the quickinstall floppyimages and inserted a s950 image onto the sd-card (class 10).

The s950 reads and writes the disks, but it won't format. I ain't getting any errors. The format begin and end like it's supposed to, but the content is still there after the format is done, like I never formated.

Anybody got a clue?

Jeff · **Posted:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:36 pm

asr10david wrote:

I'm hijacking the thread...

I've installed the hxc in my s950. Changed the s950's r18 resistor with a 2.2kOhm. Updated the hxc to the 1.7.1.2 firmware. Downloaded the quickinstall floppyimages and inserted a s950 image onto the sd-card (class 10).

The s950 reads and writes the disks, but it won't format. I ain't getting any errors. The format begin and end like it's supposed to, but the content is still there after the format is done, like I never formated.

Anybody got a clue?

This is normal. You need to use the hxc software to create an empty image ( or use/copy an existing one).

HxC Floppy Drive Emulator

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