Date   : Fri, 15 Apr 2005 07:36:06 -0700
From   : Angus Duggan <angus.duggan@...>
Subject: Re: Island Logic Music System

Brian Widdas writes:
>
>On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Richard Kilpatrick wrote:
>> I'd be interested in the results - I'm currently trying to get my
>> Hybrid 500 and the 5000 that Jules loaned me up and running, with the
>> original intention of doing an article on computer-generated music for
>> a magazine. Still need to remember how to get around the copy
>> protection on the AMPLE discs (I have a ROM but not the discs paired to
>> it), and I'm wondering what the difference between a Music 3000 and
>> Music 5000 is - after borrowing the 5000, I found a 500 cheap on eBay
>> and wondered if I could make it into an expander.
>>
>> And I need to find a controller keyboard. If anyone has pinouts/circuit
>> diagram for the Hybrid 4000, I can probably modify my Yamaha YK-20 from
>> a CX5M accordingly.
>
>I have a 5000, 4000, 3000 with software and ROM (in a BBC Master
>cartridge, if I remember rightly) which you're welcome to borrow.

The AMPLE ROM has an ID number built in. Modules paired with that ROM have a
checksum based upon the number. I seem to remember that setting the checksum
to zero allows you to run the modules on any ROM. (Or maybe the other way
round; you may need to blow a new ROM with a zero ID number.)

a.