Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Another idea would be to swap the transformer in the unit. I think you
find the secondary voltages you need in the schematics - look at the
file section of the group.
Ok, you can also swap the drive from the US keyboard. But, what a
waste!!!!

Instead, you should get an old standard 3,5'' floppy drive and
reconfigure it for use with the VFX: there's something on the net how to
do it. You got to connect two pins and swap two wires of the connector,
thats all. I found that information related to the SQ-1 or so. It should
work for the VFX as well because the problem was the same with Ensoniq
using those Sugart drives.
The only tradeoff is that the VFX would not recognize when you've
removed the disk and swapped it for another one.
I've never posted this because Route66 are still offering drives and
this is surely the safest way to get it done. However, I understand that
shipping to Newzealand might be too expensive for you...

Play the game and win a VFX. It's nice to have two of them working.

Hans

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[mailto:Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com] Im Auftrag von webcam92103
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 2. März 2006 21:33
An: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
Betreff: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Power Supply question


Thats another good idea. I'm sure they didn't spend a heap of money
redesigning floppy drives with different power requirements and you
could easily (safely) swap them.

You'd save yourself the extra expense of buying a transformer which can
be expensive.

Maybe I just had bad luck with the transformer I used and the other
person living in Paris had something more suitable.



--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Sparkes" <paulsparkes@...>
wrote:
>
> Thanks for the info. The other option I'm also considering is taking
> the good disk drive out of the US imported keyboard and putting it
into 
> my old one that died. Again though I'm not sure if there would be 
> issues regarding the difference in power voltage or if by the time it 
> got to the disk drive stage the internal voltage would be the same in 
> both keyboards.
>






 
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