Reyburn CyberTuner hardware

[Dean L. Reyburn, RPT]

Subject:     Reyburn CyberTuner hardware
Sent:        5/19/97 11:28 PM
To:          pianotech listserver, pianotech@byu.edu

Someone on pianotech wrote:
> Unfortunately (yes, I said UNFORTUNATELY) you have to
> choose from two or three Apple notebook computers.  They have a
> reference chip for A440 and the Cybertuner software is written only for
> that certain couple of models. >>
>
Reyburn CyberTuner runs on any Mac powerbook 66mhz or faster, which
includes
the following model series of PowerBooks:

66mhz: models 280, 280c, 190, 190cs, 540c
100mhz-117mhz model series 2300, 5300
117mhz-166mhz model series 1400
180mhz model 2400 (made by IBM for Apple, only 4.4 lbs)
180mhz-240mhz model series 3400 (fastest laptop on the planet!)

In addition, the PowerBook 520 when upgraded to PowerPC runs RCT just
fine.
Basicly it runs on any Mac which has a microphone and is fast enough, even
desktops.

Two new models are due this fall, and PowerBooks clones are due later this
year by four companies: Umax, Motorola, Power Computing and ... believe
it or not ... maybe even IBM!

I currently carry 5 different Apple PowerBooks (usually) in stock to run
RCT, the 280, 2300c, 5300c, 1400c and sometimes the 3400c.  See them at:

 www.reyburn.com/powerbook.html

For those who have to have Windows, all PowerBooks can run SoftWidows, a
Windows emulator.  The Powerbook 3400c-240 runs SoftWindows 3.1 or '95 at
about the same speed as a 100mhz pentium. Its 240 mhz PowerPC RISC CPU
which is about the equivalent of a pentium running at 320mhz.

BTW, Macintosh computers don't have a "reference chip for A440" per se
but
they do have digital recording capability which is much more accurate than
PCs.

Hope that clears up the confusion over this. Sorry I can't be on pianotech
all the time, but there are just too many messages!

-Dean