Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

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.

Does anyone have these floppies?  I would be happy to pay for media
and mailing charges!

Please contact me on list if you want everyone to know, or off list if
you just want me to know.

Thanks!!

Larry T.
larry at unicode.com

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.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.
> 
> Does anyone have these floppies?  I would be happy to pay for media
> and mailing charges!
> 
> Please contact me on list if you want everyone to know, or off list if
> you just want me to know.
> 
> Thanks!!


Hello 
I have also scored a FZ-20 tonight on ebay. I'm fairly stoked as the
owner reckons she's all working and Á+. 
I also have a FZ-1 with a dead LCD and a FZ-10 with a dead FDD.
Although my tech reckons he's close to working out Buctys FDD disk
speed change solution. (Ill post his results once he nails it.)

So I'll totally FuZed up now. Love these old beasts.

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

> Does a normal SCSI drive work that fast?

Yes it's extremely fast.

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, "jboltnz" <jboltnz@...> wrote:

>
> --- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.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
>

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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