Direct predecessor to AKAI MPC line was Linn 9000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn_9000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn_9000. It looks like appliance, but

Direct predecessor to AKAI MPC line was Linn 9000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn_9000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linn_9000. It looks like appliance, but inside sits 8088 PC with custom 7 slot ISA motherboard and standard ram/floppy controller cards https://www.elektronauts.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/8/68149a3c6753c2ef67d01a1268014995bcfeb87b.JPG https://www.elektronauts.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/8... https://www.elektronauts.com/t/the-seminal-groovebox-linn-9000-with-glitchy-samples-to-dload/45243/6 https://www.elektronauts.com/t/the-seminal-groovebox-linn-90... https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=87739 https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=87739 http://studiorepair.com/gallery/Linn/9000/index.html http://studiorepair.com/gallery/Linn/9000/index.html > Linn attempted to debug, rewrite and enhance the operating system, but he was limited by the 64K code space memory segmentation in the Intel 8088 microprocessor that left no room for new features. Further software development was abandoned. After bankruptcy Bruce Forat took over sales and support rewriting firmware, fixing bugs and introducing numerous new features https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forat_F9000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forat_F9000