Toddskins
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Joe,
Couple of questions, first.
Did you get the Owner's Manuals when you bought it?
Does the floppy drive still work fine?
You may be right that the the latest OS for the K2500 is 2.8, but I thought it was higher. I know that in mine, the Boot Objects are 5.0 and 4.3 for some various objects. When they upgraded the OS one time (I don't recall which version), it changed some key features by moving things into different places, adding Vocoder ability, and some other things. Also, they have different versions of Objects based on which modules are installed on your keyboard, i.e. Piano block, Orchestration, Contemporary sounds. There are a couple different versions of software that it will tell you about, and I think they are located in the "Intonation" scale menu within Master. Move the wheel and cycle through all the intonation tables, and the last few will show you the OS or the Object Blocks installed. I don't recall where the OS is shown, if not here.
Almost everything is downloadable from Kurzweil's site, but if something is missing, let me know. If you don't have the disks necessary to do the upgrades, I can figure out a way to EMail them to you, since I have them all. I have them on Floppies.
IF I recall, you can do a soft or hard reset and restore everything to the initial stage it was purchased in, and from there you can get to a boot loader.
One of the Kurzweil papers for OS v.2.8 in front of me now describes how to get to the boot loader from a Hard Reset. It reads:
1) Start the K2500
2) Press and release the Exit key while the "Please wait..." message is displayed. This brings up the K2500 Boot Loader
3) Load the operating system floppy, then use "Install System" from the K2500 Boot Loader to install the new operating system
4) Replace the operating system disk (after you've installed it) with the factory objects disk, then use the Boot Loader's "Install Objects" option to install the correct objects for your configuration.
It then gives a list of the objects and which ones to use for various configs.
But I know that when I installed KDFX, and then upgraded it to KDFXv2, that I have later versions of all the objects.
If you don't have KDFX, then you'll probably stick with this 2.8 version, but I would still look around for a higher version, just to be sure.
V. 2.8 introduced "LIVE MODE". 2.5 brought in KB3 Mode. But I know I have additional algorithms for KB3 that were improved over v. 2.8. Also additional algorithms within the V.A.S.T., I think.
Always check Ebay for KDFX, if you want it, and Internal Hard Drives that will work inside your machine. You said you were taking your hard drive out (Why I cannot remember), but it's very nice to have everything "right there" from the hard disk. The only issue with this is that you have to format it with an old Windows OS, like Windows 98, if you want it DOS formatted, which I highly recommend. aaaaah... computer complications. No fun.
Keep me updated
Couple of questions, first.
Did you get the Owner's Manuals when you bought it?
Does the floppy drive still work fine?
You may be right that the the latest OS for the K2500 is 2.8, but I thought it was higher. I know that in mine, the Boot Objects are 5.0 and 4.3 for some various objects. When they upgraded the OS one time (I don't recall which version), it changed some key features by moving things into different places, adding Vocoder ability, and some other things. Also, they have different versions of Objects based on which modules are installed on your keyboard, i.e. Piano block, Orchestration, Contemporary sounds. There are a couple different versions of software that it will tell you about, and I think they are located in the "Intonation" scale menu within Master. Move the wheel and cycle through all the intonation tables, and the last few will show you the OS or the Object Blocks installed. I don't recall where the OS is shown, if not here.
Almost everything is downloadable from Kurzweil's site, but if something is missing, let me know. If you don't have the disks necessary to do the upgrades, I can figure out a way to EMail them to you, since I have them all. I have them on Floppies.
IF I recall, you can do a soft or hard reset and restore everything to the initial stage it was purchased in, and from there you can get to a boot loader.
One of the Kurzweil papers for OS v.2.8 in front of me now describes how to get to the boot loader from a Hard Reset. It reads:
1) Start the K2500
2) Press and release the Exit key while the "Please wait..." message is displayed. This brings up the K2500 Boot Loader
3) Load the operating system floppy, then use "Install System" from the K2500 Boot Loader to install the new operating system
4) Replace the operating system disk (after you've installed it) with the factory objects disk, then use the Boot Loader's "Install Objects" option to install the correct objects for your configuration.
It then gives a list of the objects and which ones to use for various configs.
But I know that when I installed KDFX, and then upgraded it to KDFXv2, that I have later versions of all the objects.
If you don't have KDFX, then you'll probably stick with this 2.8 version, but I would still look around for a higher version, just to be sure.
V. 2.8 introduced "LIVE MODE". 2.5 brought in KB3 Mode. But I know I have additional algorithms for KB3 that were improved over v. 2.8. Also additional algorithms within the V.A.S.T., I think.
Always check Ebay for KDFX, if you want it, and Internal Hard Drives that will work inside your machine. You said you were taking your hard drive out (Why I cannot remember), but it's very nice to have everything "right there" from the hard disk. The only issue with this is that you have to format it with an old Windows OS, like Windows 98, if you want it DOS formatted, which I highly recommend. aaaaah... computer complications. No fun.
Keep me updated
