Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

I think you can buy the disk you need from Syntaur for $16 here:

http://www.syntaur.com/vfx.html

Bob
El Segundo, CA

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ted Morris <tedstruk@...>
>Sent: Nov 29, 2007 11:45 PM
>To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: VFX-SD
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>The problem is format.  The computer system doesn't understand the VFX-SD format. One time in high school I did a direct disk copy with dos and it came out perfect, but that was along time ago before microsoft buggered it up with MS-DOS.
>  I don't think the SD-1 format is the same as the VFX-SD OS or I would offer to copy mine and send it to you.
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>Bob <DJBobbyC@...> wrote:
>  Could I not dowload it to my computer and then do a dump from my 
>computer to the VFX-SD via midi?
>
>Bob
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>--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "l2web_net" wrote:
>>
>> Hi, Bob,
>> 
>> The sequencer OS needs to be loaded from a floppy disk. Were you 
>able
>> to get one with the machine? Otherwise I think there are utilities
>> around that would allow you to reconstitute one. There might be
>> something in the files section of this group. 
>> 
>> If you can't find one I may be able to figure out a way to send you 
>a
>> disk image if you have a PC capable of writing to a floppy. I used 
>to
>> have a way of doing this but haven't in a while.
>> 
>> Hopefully your VFX-SD has the latest ROMs as I think different
>> versions of the sequencer matched different ROM versions in the 
>keyboard.
>> 
>> Hope this helps.
>> Craig.
>> 
>> 
>> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "Bob" wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm having a problem I hope someone can help me with. I recently 
>> > purchased a VFX-SD on ebay. I had the battery replaced and had 
>the 
>> > software loaded up on it. Everything seems to work except for 
>the 
>> > sequencer. Now I had one approximately 17 years ago. (Man, time 
>> > flys!!) I'm thinking that I may have forgotten how to make it 
>work. 
>> > Does anyone have any ideas? Anyone want to be my coach on this 
>one? 
>> > Any help sure would be appreciated.
>> > 
>> > Bob
>> >
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