At 06:58 AM 4/13/2009, you wrote:
> There are
rumors of sucessful internal SCSI ZIP drives, etc
being installed to replace the
floppy drive on the S-760.
> >
> > Is this true? Are there details anywhere of the installation?
... but
why?... if your floppy isn't working just make the
default boot drive the Zip
attached to the SCSi buss.
For the simple reason of keeping everything compact in
a one rack
unit. Who wants jaz drives and cd-rom drives and cables and power
supplies everywhere?
I hadn't heard these rumors but since I developed some Internal Kits
of other samplers I thought I'd look inside a S-760.
2 problems:
There is no direct way (unless you are a ace solderer and really know
what you are doing) to get the SCSI buss, since the output DB-25 is
soldered directly to the mainboard. You'd either have to desolder and
solder the whole jack, or you could make a custom ribbon cable to
route back into the S-760 (ugly, but possible).
The other issue is more severe. A internal ZipDrive is 6.5 inches
deep. Roland used a fairly short-form floppy drive that is 4.5 inches
deep. The power supply is right behind the floppy drive, so there is
no room for the 6.5" deep ZipDrive, unless you relocated the power
supply. That may be possible if you don't have the OP-1 video/digital
stuff; if you do, it is not possible even if you are squishing things
in there. You wind up short about .75 inch no matter how you squeeze it.
There better solution to me is to just get a 1 rack space shelf, or a
1-2 rack space rack drive case. Since the S-760 is rack anyway, the
only advantage of an Internal is the saving of at least 1 rack space.
I sell Internal ZipKits for the Ensoniq ASR-10, and that is a huge
advantage because one can take their ASR-10 around for gigs and truly
fulfill what the writer didn't want: cables, and power supplies everywhere.
Garth Hjelte
Sampler User