Welcome! I would say, if you don't want to plunk down the 69$ for a new one (which I did myself, on account of how much you use the disc drive in song-writing) then look for one on ebay. You will almost certainly find one, or you might just end up getting another VFXsd with a better disc drive in it. I have two: one for a back-up.
>From: "Harry"
>Reply-To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
>To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Hello, I am new to the group....
>Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 01:24:34 -0000
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>Hello group.��I am a new member of this group, but not new to the VFX-
>SD board.��I finally found one in a pawn shop in my area last
>Saturday and picked it right up.��This board has eluded me for well
>over 10 years and I am very pleased to finally have another one.
>The one I got seems to work fine except that the floppy drive is
>bad.��I tested this with my existing VFX disk library, as well as
>trying to format a new disk and nothing worked.
>I have searched online and found that the price of the drives is
>anywhere from $65-$125.��Are there any places where it is less
>expensive that I may get one at?��The sequencer is not loaded and the
>same 60 sounds are in both ROM and RAM.��The battery was good and the
>unit calibrates upon bootup without errors.��I am not sure if it had
>the keyboard mod or not, but know how to do it if it needs to be done.
>My main focus at this point is the floppy drive.��Can anyone help me
>out?
>
>I have been in love with the VFX ever since I had one in the early
>90's and missed it since (until Saturday when I bought it, for only
>$250 at that...).
>
>I own many other synths as well:
>
>Alesis QS6 (owned since new)
>E-Mu PK-6 (owned since new)
>Ensoniq SQ2 32 voice (owned since new)
>Korg X5 (owned since new)
>Roland JV880 (owned since new)
>Roland XP-60 (owned since new)
>Yamaha DJX (owned since new)
>Yamaha TG-33 (bought used)
>
>I love them all, but I have a special place in my heart for Ensoniq.
>It is too bad they kept too many things about the VFX, SD-1, TS
>proprietary, because they were truly ahead of their time.
>
>Any info on the floppy thing or anything else is truly appreciated
>and welcome.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Harry Ebbeson III
>Ebbeson Management Group
>www.geocities.com/ebbrecords
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