emusonacid!

Hi,
I have several questions, and I need some expert advice on this upgrade. I have a scm pcd-50 heading my way via ebay. I found this site and the post for the firmware update. Is this firmware update applied by hooking up to a computer via the scsi connection?

I have a stock esynth, not the ultra version. What sort of cables will I need to hook this up? Will I need a separate power cable from what was used for the floppy drive? Do I need to get a 50 pin scsi cable with more than one connection?

I am going to order the pcmcia to compact flash converter. What is the maximum sized card the os will recognize? When I last used my esynth around 2003, I think I had 4.1 installed. I found the updater for 4.61.

I have 64 mb installed, and I seem to recall 128mb being the maximum memory allowed. What is the cheapest source for ram that you guys have found?

Lastly, what is the most effective way to transfer my cd library to the compact flash cards? I was hoping I could import them on my computer and transfer them to the compact flash. I haven't used my esynth in years due to moving to computer based production but I decided to dust it off start using it again.

Any insight will be appreciated.

Hi esynthahol,

the lates EOS for your esynth classic is 4.62. To install EOS 4.62 you have to install "Flash Prep" first via floppy disc so that EOS can handle compressed OS-files.
EOS for the classic line does not support FAT32 like EOS 4.70 for the Ultras.
The only available option for the file system is EOSFAT.
Therefore the maximum reasonable size of the Compact Flash card is 16GB.
As EOSFAT cannot be read by Windows or Mac computers you have to copy/convert your library via your esynth to the CF card.

The SCM PCD-50 is a SCSI-device with a 50-pin connector. So you need standard SCSI cables. If you have a (noisy) SCSI-HD installed in your esynth and don't want to sort it out, you have to use an internal SCSI cable with 3 connectors (Mainboard, HD, PCD-50) of a reasonable length. The Termination for the SCSI-bus has to be set at the last device in chain (HD or PCD-50).
You will see what power cable you will need when the drive has arrived. Maybe it is recommendable to uninstall an internal HD to reduce the load of the power supply.

Regarding the 64MB RAM module: ebay buy and try!
As you might remember: You have to disable the ROM module at Master->Setup->Misc->"Disable Sound ROM" to use 128MB of Sample RAM.

Cheers,
Robert