<s>
The	O
Fostex	B-Device
Foundation	I-Device
2000	I-Device
was	O
a	O
high-end	O
digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstation	I-General_Concept
that	O
Fostex	O
introduced	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
at	O
a	O
cost	O
of	O
about	O
$	O
60,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
its	O
most	O
highly	O
touted	O
features	O
was	O
a	O
hot-swappable	B-Device
SCSI	B-Architecture
drive	O
enclosure	O
(	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
RPE	O
,	O
or	O
Removable	O
Project	O
Environment	O
)	O
that	O
maintains	O
the	O
entire	O
system	O
state	O
at	O
all	O
times	O
,	O
allowing	O
one	O
to	O
immediately	O
switch	O
between	O
different	O
projects	O
and	O
always	O
able	O
to	O
return	O
where	O
they	O
left	O
off	O
,	O
virtually	O
instantaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
Foundation	O
2000	O
editor	O
could	O
back	O
up	O
and	O
restore	O
projects	O
from/to	O
a	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
tape	O
drive	O
in	O
the	O
background	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
user	O
continued	O
working	O
with	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Fostex	B-Device
Foundation	I-Device
2000	I-Device
was	O
highly	O
modular	O
in	O
that	O
functionality	O
could	O
be	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
system	O
by	O
way	O
of	O
boards	O
slid	O
into	O
the	O
front	O
or	O
back	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
processing	O
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
back	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
connectivity	O
options	O
were	O
available	O
such	O
as	O
analog	O
audio	O
,	O
coaxial/XLR/toslink	O
optical	O
connectors	O
for	O
input	O
and	O
output	O
,	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
(	O
for	O
external	O
hard	O
drives	O
or	O
tape	O
backup	O
units	O
)	O
,	O
various	O
sync	O
sources	O
(	O
video/SMPTE/etc	O
)	O
,	O
MIDI	O
,	O
and	O
RS-422	O
ports	O
for	O
remote	O
controlling	O
the	O
Foundation	O
2000	O
from	O
other	O
devices	O
,	O
or	O
using	O
it	O
to	O
control	O
other	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
supports	O
24-bit	O
audio	O
processing	O
but	O
the	O
standard	O
analog	O
inputs/outputs	O
are	O
handled	O
by	O
18-bit	O
DAC/ADCs	O
(	O
8x	O
and	O
64x	O
oversampling	O
,	O
respectively	O
)	O
and	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
firmware	B-Application
,	O
recorded	O
as	O
16-bit	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internally	O
,	O
the	O
Foundation	O
2000	O
hardware	O
is	O
controlled	O
by	O
a	O
Motorola	B-Device
68030	I-Device
CPU	O
with	O
a	O
Motorola	O
68000	O
inside	O
the	O
Edit	O
Controller	O
to	O
handle	O
the	O
touch-screen	O
display	O
and	O
buttons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
two	O
Motorola	B-General_Concept
56002	I-General_Concept
DSPs	O
,	O
each	O
a	O
40MHz	O
DSP	O
that	O
operates	O
natively	O
on	O
24-bit	O
data	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
main	O
CPU	O
boards	O
,	O
the	O
unit	O
could	O
be	O
expanded	O
by	O
adding	O
up	O
to	O
six	O
"	O
Algorithmic	O
Computing	O
Engine	O
"	O
Mix	O
Processors	O
boards	O
,	O
each	O
containing	O
four	O
additional	O
Motorola	B-General_Concept
56002	I-General_Concept
DSP	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
