Prophet 2002.bin and u tube demo
2008-09-02 by charles midi gfa pascal
so this is the v4.0 rom for the prophet in byte form , all the internal sounds etc etc presets ....i think i get it now,,, how smart , thats why you asked about me about other eproms, you know alot about that,,some world we live in ,, glad i asked.. i have not made my prophet demo yet but check this out , this is the beginning to my akai s-900 demo... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEqyjaVPlds very chancy souond quality using windows movie maker, but with a 5 dollar camers and my old atari sequencer, magic is infinitte!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! did you sell your other prophet succesfully on ebay? charles ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Pallister" <john@...> To: <prophet2000@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [prophet2000] Prophet 2002+ firmware > .BIN implies a raw, unadorned stream of byte values; no > headers, checksums or other formatting. The fact that it is > 32768 bytes long means it fits exactly into a > 15-bit-wide/256kbit EPROM chip (via an EPROM programmer). > > For more information about EPROMs, see > http://www.qsl.net/yo5ofh/doc/how_eprom_works.htm > > Putting it in a .zip file means that you can test the > integrity of the file (since the .zip format contains a > checksum) to make sure there aren't any errors. > > Note that I haven't tested this data (i.e. burned it back > into a chip and tried it in my Prophet 2002+) so I can't > make any promises that it'll work. > > If anyone is brave enough to try this firmware in their > 2002, can they please let us know how it goes... ;) > > Cheers, > > John :^P > > charles midi gfa pascal wrote: > > what exactually is this , i never used a .bin before , how do i utilize > > such a file? > > > > charles > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* M. Toscarelli <mailto:toscarelli@...> > > *To:* prophet2000@yahoogroups.com <mailto:prophet2000@yahoogroups.com> > > *Sent:* Monday, September 01, 2008 3:42 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [prophet2000] Prophet 2002+ firmware > > > > this is a great resource for hoarders like me to keep on the back > > burner, thanks!!!! > > > > MIke > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* John Pallister <mailto:john@...> > > *To:* prophet2000@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:prophet2000@yahoogroups.com> > > *Sent:* Monday, September 01, 2008 6:50 AM > > *Subject:* [prophet2000] Prophet 2002+ firmware > > > > Hi, > > > > Well, it has only taken me a year or so, but I've finally > > ripped my P2002+ firmware for you, all 32kB of it. The chip > > in mine is an Atmel AT27256-25DC1. Unfortunately the sticker > > had come off the little quartz window, so I can't say > > exactly what version it is, but as I said, mine definitely > > has the memory expansion and the multiple outputs, so it > > should do the job for you. > > > > Cheers, > > > > John :^P > > > > djhohum wrote: > > > --- In prophet2000@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:prophet2000%40yahoogroups.com>, John Pallister > > <john@...> wrote: > > >> I don't know offhand what OS my 2002+ has, but it does have > > >> the individual outputs, so assuming it has the latest > > >> version, I could pull the chips, read them and post the > > >> binary file(s). But first I have to assemble my EPROM > > >> programmer kit, and it'll be a week or two before I get > > >> around to that (very busy with work blah blah). > > >> > > >> I've already promised to read the ROMs from my Wavestation > > >> A/D and send them to someone called Tom, so you'll be number > > >> two in the queue. ;) > > > > > > Great! I appreciate it. Let me know if I can return the favor. > > > > > >> What do people think of the ethics of "ripping" 20-year-old > > >> synth firmware & posting/sending it (without charging > > >> anything, of course)? > > > > > > I almost don't want to answer that because I'm pretty > > opinionated on > > > the matter. > > > > > >> In this case Wine Country might > > >> actually have a license to the code, but I suspect that > > >> other places I've seen don't (e.g. Route 66 Studios selling > > >> the final JX-10 firmware). > > > > > > From a more practical perspective, however, he number of > > people with > > > eprom programmers is pretty small so I suspect that unless > > you're > > > selling the chips you aren't really cutting into wine country's
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> > > business by sharing the images. > > > > > > tnx, > > > daryl > -- > John Pallister > john@... > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >