| Title: | * * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * * |
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| Moderator: | DYPSS1::SCHAFER |
| Created: | Thu Feb 20 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Aug 29 1994 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2852 |
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Is anyone interested in making a MUSIC5-type setup for their micro? You folks using Apples or Commodores might not be interested, but if you have a faster processor (like my 10Mz 68000), the possibility certainly exists to make a Bell Labs/MIT kind of system. One problem has always been to find a place to dump the samples in non-real time that is sufficiently large to make it worth the effort. There are at least two possibilities, a large hard disk or a 9-track tape drive. The tape drive is more attractive since you may want to dump a LOT of samples and with a tape drive you just mount another tape (maybe with some software that finds a 'good' place to make the reel change). A company called Lancor Technologies has recently announced a 9-track mag tape drive for the IBM PC. It has a transfer rate of about 80Khz (more than enough for stereo at a 32Khz sampling rate). It uses 7' reels and records data at either 1600 or 3200 BPI. Anyone know of any other available 9 track tape drives for micros? Since my system is an S-100 bus machine, I would like to find a drive and interface for the S-100 bus. -jim
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| 63.1 | BARNUM::JWALTON | Wed Feb 13 1985 15:19 | 37 | ||
Yes I'm always interested in anything. Here's a clip, tells about winchesters. Price-wise I think that Atari will be using these on there new systems priced at ~400 comsumer dollars. Taken from EDN page 264 of febuary 7,1985 3 1/2-INCH WINCHESTER This 3 1/2 inch 10M winchester disk drive for personal and portable computers possesses exceptional tolerance to changes in environmen- tal conditions, according to the man- ufacturer. The drive features sput- tered thin-film media, a particle trap, and a corrosion filter that help it withstand harsh conditions. You retain all disk data when transport- ing the drive or operating it in an industrial environment. It can with- stand 50g of shock, 95% relative humidity, and rapid rates of temp- erature change. Before shipping or moving the drive, you can install an entire operating system on the disk without risking lost data because the controller, using disk-embedded servo code, always positions the read/write heads precisely over the data. <$400 (qty 10,000). Hewlett-packard Co. John | |||||