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Re: How do you load disks into an SD1 that has no disk slot?

2004-01-15 by Steve Wahl

> 2. If I do need a system disk to get the sequencer going how would I 
> load a disk into my SD1 which has no slot for a disk. Would I need 
> to do it through my PC/midi?

SD1's, indeed every memeber of the VFX family except the original
"vanilla" VFX, all had floppy drives.  On the left end of the
keyboard, front to back, you should have pitch & mod wheels, patch
select buttons, and a floppy disk drive, with a slanted recess above
it that could hold floppies, paper clips, or just dust.  What do you
have?

The orginal VFX, without the sequencer buttons, has the same cabinet,
but has a "shelf" in place of the floppy disk drive, apparently the
right size to hold a cartridge or two.  Maybe somebody took this shelf
and put it in place of your floppy drive when the drive failed, but
that'd be highly unusual.

To the best of my knowledge, you can't load the sequencing software
into the system without a floppy drive.

--> Steve

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