Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

----- Original Message -----

From: themothershiprocks

To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 2:29 PM

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

So, I guess I could burn the Gibeler program and the disk image to a
CDR....then I could take the CDR to my local PC store and get them to
make the floppy, but that will cost more than buying a new floppy
online. :)

I need to find a friend that has a PC with an internal floppy drive,
huh?

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ
wrote:
>
> 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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