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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Sysex OS for SD-1

2009-01-26 by Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ

On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 07:39 +0000, themothershiprocks wrote:
> I don't have a floppy drive. My PC doesn't have a slot for one.
> I'd have to go buy an external floppy and a blank disk.
> 

I don't think an external drive would work.  You need raw access to the
floppy controller, and all the USB floppies I've seen are usb-storage
devices.

If you use any old synths or samplers with floppy drives, you basically
need to keep a PC with a *real* floppy drive around.

Gordon

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