I would love to help, but I only have a Cyclone and don't have the
tools to read/write EPROMs.
I am insterested in experimenting...I you give me some more details,
could will ship you a chip if you burn it with the Systemizer, mail
the chip back to me. I will then install it in my Cyclone and see if
it works. Heck, I'd even throw in $10 for your trouble.
We need to get/post the docs for the systemizer. The PerF/X are
basically worthless without the docs.
Let me know more details if you want to do the test :)
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oberheim@yahoogroups.com
, "acousmatique" <acousmatique@...>
wrote:
>
> This is something I have suspected for a while. I've had a Cyclone
for years which I use
> from time to time. I've wanted to get the other Perf/X boxes but I
usually don't have any
> extra cash for them when I spot good deals. Recently I bought a
slightly-broken
> Systemizer which I'm gradually fixing. These boxes are exactly
identical, controls, PCB,
> except the case color.
>
> Why this makes me so psyched is that we can swap ROMs! No matter
which one of these
> boxes you have, just swap the EPROM and it can be any of the
others! I suggest we start a
> repository so that people can freely get code for any of the other
Perf/X boxes they've
> wanted to try.
>
> Last year I started by ripping and uploading the Cyclone ROM. Once
I get the Systemizer
> running properly I'll up that ROM too. Anybody else want to pitch
in
This leaves the
> Navigator, Strummer, Drummer - and maybe Chordinator, if that rare
beast really exists -
> to add to the archives.
>
> I am perfectly happy to help anybody here who has these machines
but no access to
> EPROM tools. If you send another Perf/X to me I'll give you burned
copies of the Cyclone
> and Systemizer firmware to use, and I'll pay return postage. So for
the cost of mailing it to
> me and being without it for a couple of weeks, you'll basically be
getting those other two
> boxes, in their functionality. If you're sincerely interested then
contact me, I might be
> willing to mail a few ROMs out in advance to show that I am on the
level. Easier if this is
> for USA only, otherwise postage becomes more difficult and costly.
>
> This way I figure if you have one Perf/X, you have all of them!
This way we won't need to
> shell out another $100-$200 on ebay for every other unit we want.
Or you can buy a less
> popular unit like the Systemizer or Navigator and load it with
software for the "jammier"
> units and get the same effect for a lesser cost.
>
> Thanks for considering!
> CJ Miller
>