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Re: [CZsynth] Casio FZ with Lotharek Floppy Emulator

2012-11-23 by Jason Adkins

I'm afraid you will have to do it yourself,When's the last time you  
saw a PC with a floppy disk they are not expensive.
Guess laptops these days especially girl because they are tidier

On 23 Nov 2012, at 19:09, jammie wrote:

> i would if i had it
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> but your going to need a floppy drive if you want to image your  
> disks its the only way
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> all pc mother boards have onboard floppy drive chips
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> you need to switch it in the bios
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> a £5 pc floppy will do
>
> the good thing is you can use your fz can you dump the disk as an  
> fzf file as the emulator can also read these files
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Carl Lofgren
>  To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
>  Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 6:14 PM
>  Subject: Re: [CZsynth] Casio FZ with Lotharek Floppy Emulator
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>  Problem us that the disk is a bit wonky - that's why I'm asking  
> (and partly since I don't even have a computer with a floppy in the  
> whole house! - that can of course be arranged, but I thought if  
> someone already have it) - maybe it would be a great idea to upload  
> it to the Files section of the Group. Floppies have a tendency to  
> break after a while.
>
>  /C
>
>> ________________________________
>> From: jammie <jammie.emma@...>
>> To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 7:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CZsynth] Casio FZ with Lotharek Floppy Emulator
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>> have you tried making an image of it with the emulator software
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>> thats what you have todo with your disks
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>> the software makes raw images and then you put the dev of the fz  
>> with the file which tels the emulator how to read out the raw image
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>> i doubt that many have got the emulator i have in a few bits of kit  
>> fz being one but i dont have the optional software so cant help
>>
>> but not all devices need the hxc emulator
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>> i have several synths that use the gotek 720k and 1.44mb drives  
>> which are a third and quarter of the cost
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Carl Lofgren
>> To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 5:52 PM
>> Subject: [CZsynth] Casio FZ with Lotharek Floppy Emulator
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>> Hi guys! I've just got one of those nifty Lotharek Floppy Emulators  
>> (F rev!) that I'm planning to install tomorrow. Only problem is  
>> that my Optional Software disk is not entirely healthy - so I  
>> wonder if there is anyone here with a Lotharek emulator who can  
>> send me a zip or something that I can transfer to the memory card.  
>> Would be damn great. Otherwise I'm missing out on all the sweet  
>> stuff in the FZ - and that's something I'd rather not do.
>>
>> /C
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