source file: m1451.txt
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 10:14:39 -0500

Subject: RE: ROM, RAM, Z1, Trinity

From: "Loffink, John" <John.Loffink@COMPAQ.com>

> From: "Patrick Ozzard-Low" <patrick.ozzard-low.itex@norfolk.gov.uk>
> 
> of course what I meant is that there is an area of the memory which 
> can be written to (otherwise you couldn't change the parameters etc) 
> but which doesn't take up _sample_ RAM.  Exactly what you call this  
> area of memory, what it is, how it works, etc, I'm no expert at (as 
> you'll just have gathered).  Presumably it's some kind of RAM 
> reserved for stuff nearer the operating system level.  I'm sure John 
> Loffink used a term to describe it once, but I haven't time to search 
> for it right now.  In haste again  -
  
Program RAM.  That's what the sampler microprocessor uses for its own
storage and program parameters, but not sample data.

>  From: Drew Skyfyre <steele@bom2.vsnl.net.in>
> 
> John Loffink's site lists the Korg Z-1 and Trinity series as having a 
> global user full keyboard tuning.
> Really ? I had to ask because I've always thought of Korgs as being from 
> the 12-note-only camp.
> 
It's true.  I checked them out myself at the music store.

John Loffink
jloffink@pdq.net

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