Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

--- Neila Eliphas Spare <neilaworking@...>
wrote:
> I for one think the ability to burn roms within the
> XL7 itself would be a great feature, HOWEVER, I
> really don't understand how this could be pulled off
> through a mere OS change.  This idea, though great,
> really seems to me that it would deal not nearly as
> much with an OS change as it would with a necessary
> change and/or addition to the hardware itself. 
> Where I'm coming from on this is reall more of a
> programmer point of view.  I'm thinking O.K., I
> develop X program, that does function(s) X.  For the
> sake of argument, lets assume here (which would most
> likely be the case in reality in regards to myself)
> I developed this program for ones personal computer
> (most likely Windows platform).  Anyhow, my friend
> John would like to grab hold of program "X", which I
> developed.  Now John lacks a CD, CDR, CDRW, DVD,
> 3.5" disc drive, 5" floppy drive, etc.  Fortunately
> he does have a way to connect to the net, so I
> tranfer the program to him in this manner.  Now once
> he receives the program, he finds that he wishes he
> could save some of it's results to a disc (be it CD,
> or whatever).  I go ahead and create an update to
> the program to enable it to do this, but a new
> problem quickly arises that quickly brings all my
> work to a halt.  The problem is that John lacks the
> hardware on his computer to enable him to save the
> results from my program on any kind of disc.  The
> result is that he ends up having to purchase a CDR,
> 3.5" drive, or something of the like.
> 
> I think one can already see the analogy being made
> here.  We have a Command Station(s), which are much
> like John's computer in the formentioned example. 
> Much the same way that I was able to transport my
> program to John via the net, EMU is able to transfer
> a certain amount of things through the USB and able
> to transfer samples to us via ROM chips.  Now
> though, we reach a point, where we begin wanting to
> begin saving results to ROMs within the Command
> Station itself, this is pretty much the same as when
> John wanted to begin saving results from my program
> to disc.  Well, like John's computer which lacked
> the proper hardware to enable him to save the
> results to disc, so does the Command Station lack
> the proper hardware to conduct such action.  So now
> EMU could go the route as I did with John, and
> create updated software that supports such
> functionality, HOWEVER, without the proper hardware
> to back up and carry out the newly implemented
> functionality you're going to meet a dead end.  Like
> John, you end up in a case where additional hardware
> is needed in order to carry this out.  Hmmmm, O.K.,
> cool, so EMU just needs to toss a hardware addition
> out way then right?  Well, yeah, that would be
> right, BUT, the thing is that they already have, and
> that hardware being the EMU "whatever" sampler(s)
> that are capable of going ahead and burning the ROMS
> for us.
> 
> Anyhow, I very well may be wrong in my thinking
> here, and perhaps there is a way to include the
> ability to burn ROMS within the Command Station
> itself.  HOWEVER, if in deed there is a way to go
> about doing this, I can't say I understand how it
> can be done.  If anyone knows of a way to go about
> doing this, please voice it.......otherwise, I think
> we should really think about such a notion, as it's
> making a request of EMU that they really have no way
> of even carrying out.
> 
> Respects,
> 
>          Aaron Nesby 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: gongvibe 
>   To: xl7@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 9:08 AM
>   Subject: [xl7] Re: Poll results for xl7
> 
> 
>   I think that the good folks at e-mu can see the
> value in all 
>   suggestions regardless of whether or not people
> vote. There are no 
>   doubt many more people who just read this NG than
> actually post.
> 
>   and here is to increased functionality for those
> Play Pads,
> 
>   gong
> 
> 
>   > Damn. See what happens when you forget to vote?
>   > 
>   > -- 
>   > 
>   >   nick rothwell -- composition, systems,
> performance -- http://
>   www.cassiel.com
> 
> 
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