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Re: [CZsynth] Re: Looking for FZ-20M software

2007-11-22 by Jeremy Bolton

Hello Larry
Thank you for your offer to send me the software, I will contact you direct
to discuss.

Cheers
Jeremy



On 21/11/2007, Larry T. <larry@...> wrote:
>
>   Jeremy
>
> I've been in the process of 'repairing' the floppy in my FZ-20M since
> I got it. I found some FZ-20M owners that had the original software,
> and I can get you a copy. As for the SCSI drives, I suspect that
> anything up to around 1Gb should work. This would include Iomega Zip
> drives (be sure to get the SCSI versions, not the parallel), SyQuest
> drives of all kinds, Magneto-Optical drives, in short, just about any
> SCSI drive that would work with the old Atari ST/TT/Falcon systems, or
> the old 68k based Mac's. I'll have to find the manual and look
> through it to see if there is an indication of the maximum size of the
> disk drive. FYI: I've been using Iomega Zip 100's and SyQuest 200's
> with my Atari systems and my Roland S-770 sampler with great success.
> If you try to use super large drives, you'll have problems with
> organizing samples due to the limited interface and the inability to
> use your PC, or Mac, with the media.
>
> Larry
>
> --- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com <CZsynth%40yahoogroups.com>, "jboltnz"
> <jboltnz@...> wrote:
> >
> > --- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com <CZsynth%40yahoogroups.com>, "Larry T."
> <larry@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I just managed to snag an FZ-20M on eBay. (I'm not sure if I'm going
> > > to keep my FZ-10M or not...)
> > >
> > > However, it did not come with the floppies of 'optional' software, and
> > > one of them is cirtical in order to install a SCSI hard drive.
> > >
> >
> > Hello
> > I have also scored a FZ-20 tonight on ebay.
> > Questions.
> > My next step is to find a compatible SCSI drive. Can anyone give
> > me an idea on what type of SCSI is compatable? The previous owner has
> > never used a SCSI drive so is not sure.
> >
> > I gather I need a peice of driver software to get the SCSI
> > working. Does anyone have this driver or know where I can get it. As
> > Larry said, Im happy to pay any charges etc.
> >
> > Theres an interesting video on youtube showing a guy called
> > Synthasy2000 using a 42meg Bernoulli Drive to change patches. Takes
> > five seconds by the looks of it to fully load a bank. Any else tried
> > this? Does a normal SCSI drive work that fast?
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSr7pt2idjg
> >
> > Any help is appreciated
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jeremy
> >
>
>  
>


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