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> > There's also the Mountain software (the two conjoined cards are the
> > Mountain synthesizer), which is what the light-pen is for... mine doesn't
> > work all that well, so I've never used that feature.
> 
> I hope the light pen works with a Monitor ///!
> 
> > The only other hardware you might want (AFAIK) are a pair footswitches
> > with 1/4" jacks (which appear to be pretty generic) and a set of Apple II
> > game paddles, but those are probably only necessary if you plan to do any
> > live performances.
> 
> I have a //e I'm going to use for the system (unenhanced) - I might seek 
> out a ][plus or Europlus for authenticity in images, but they fetch 
> decent money this side of the pond now. I don't have any paddles, I do 
> have footswitches.

My attempt to install in a IIe resulted in me hot-pluggig all three cards
_and_ pulling pulling the ribbon cable right out of one of the Mountain
cards... remarkably it all survived, but I didn't notice the disconnected
cable until I'd given up on the IIe and transferred everything back to my
][+ -- where it will now stay for the rest of its life.

> >> I'm working on an article based on it - what I'm most curious about is 
> >> the DX-1 sampling card - what would one of these be worth? Mark Glinsky 
> >> is selling one and a couple of AlphaSyntauris, prices are... well, I 
> >> expect they're nearer the upper end of the market. But I'd like to see a 
> >> DX-1.
> > 
> > Applefritter was selling them for $20 for the longest time... I wish I'd
> > have bought a few spares... There's nothing particularly special about the
> > DX-1, it's just an 8-bit DAC. Samples are limited to what will fit in RAM
> > (doesn't support AUXMEM), sampling rate can go _really low_ which is nice,
> > but it's still plenty gritty at the highest rates. Oddly enough it works
> > better using just the Apple's built-in keyboard; the Syntauri KB causes it
> > to sound "thinner" and doesn't allow for reverse sample playback.
> 
> Damn, I'd have loved to get my hands on one, as they were used to 
> produce the samples for my drum machine. If anyone has one they'll part 
> with - even for a little while - I'd like to learn how the software 
> behaved with it and try to work out the methods used for sampling.

I have the manual translated into a plain text file on my site... it
actually has a good bit of technical detail. What kind of drum machine do
you have? 

> Incredibly, I need to get a bloody disk drive; I just realised I have a 
> duodisk, but no controller or cable, and no Disk ][s!

Your cart is very much before your horse ;-)
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