MPC2500 / DEVELOPMENT IN THE OPEN

Keep the sound.
Move it forward.

A free, open project to build a working stock MPC2500 emulator, then explore useful improvements without making a familiar machine feel like something else.

About the project
Dark Akai MPC2500 with sixteen pads, green LCD and red transport buttons
Scott Schiller / Clusternote · CC BY 2.0
THE BUILD / 2026-10-02

Where we are.

Stock boot: not yet
LATEST COMPLETED MILESTONE

Core 0.28 accepted

Reviewed CPU and snapshot improvements are integrated. The recorded checkpoint has 360 offline tests and eight demo checks passing. The strict startup boundary is unchanged.

Core 0.28.0360 offline tests
WORKING TOWARD NEXT

Resolve the board command boundary

Investigate the command/configuration behavior at board address B0800000, where a separate, conditional diagnostic currently stops. Installed entry and other boot prerequisites remain unresolved.

A research gate, not a boot announcement.

Recorded project results. No usable stock OS boot or physical hardware validation yet. Receipts before victory laps.

Milestones & dev log
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