Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Akai's MPC4000 Sampler/Workstation Open Source Project

From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@email-addr-hidden-job.com>
Date: Thu Jul 27 2006 - 01:41:13 EEST

On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 17:29 -0500, Renich Bon Ćirić wrote:
> Thank you so much for the those words! ;=)
>
> As you saw at the links, the first goal is to get the source from
> Akai... even a beta. If that fails, we are gonna try and develop a whole OS.
>

Why? That makes no sense. Why not just port Linux to it?

> Thanks again
>
> Marc-Olivier Barre wrote:
> > On 7/26/06, Renich Bon Ćirić <renich@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> >> Well, we are trying to make a proposal to Akai Pro so it releases the
> >> source code of the OS that runs on the MPC4000 Worstation/Sampler.
> >>
> >> If you want to join and help, go to http://www.woralelandia.com/openmpc/
> >>
> >> # Reference
> >> http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=54825
> >>
> >
> > I took a look at the specs Akai sent you. If you intend to port linux
> > to it, you have a nice begining there. You have the full list of
> > hardware pieces inside, and all the schematics. Even if akai don't
> > give you their OS source, everything is still possible.
> >
Received on Thu Jul 27 04:15:03 2006

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