Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

I have found under the files section of the group a file called VFX Tools.zip. I have downloaded and extracted that so I'll try it from FreeDOS at bootup. I'm expecting for it not to work, but I'll have a go anyway.

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Jess Balint <jbalint@...> wrote:
>
> is it possible (and legal?) for somebody to post a raw disk image which
> would allow makign a new sequencer disk without the EDE program?
> 
> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Rob Rosenbrock <rob.sd1@...>wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > I don't think that EDE works with a USB floppy drive either. Do you have
> > access to a computer with a built-in drive?
> >
> > On May 30, 2010, at 12:40 PM, cappuchino_blue wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello.
> > I think I have managed to make a new record here. I have bought the VFX SD
> > for £162 a couple of weeks back from eBay. I received it in beautifully
> > working condition and instantly was satisfied.
> >
> > Three days after having it, I then went to test the floppy drive by writing
> > 60 programs to the floppy disk. They wrote fine, but immediately after the
> > operation was finished, I pressed the sequencer button and got 'Sequencer
> > Must Be Loaded' instead of the sequencer loading. After seeing the message,
> > I reset it and had the same thing. I then later discovered that resetting it
> > erases the sequencer (oops).
> >
> > I now am stuck with a sequencer which has some lovely sounds and presets,
> > but no sequencer. The sequencer is the most important part to me. Here is
> > what I have tried:
> >
> > I have tried starting EDE in windows command prompt (Windows XP). Version
> > 109 worked but I got an address mark error. 107 and 108 wouldn't start.
> >
> > I then used a utility which made EDE bootable by creating a ram disk. That
> > worked fine except 109 gave me a 'sector not found' error. I put this down
> > as using an HD disk rather than the DD disk I should be using. I bought 10
> > brand new DD disks only to find out my floppy drive doesn't support DD
> > disks.
> >
> > EDE 107 and 108 at startup give me an error before even starting up to the
> > program, but after being written to the ramdisk. The error occurs when I
> > type 'EDE' (without quotes) into the FreeDOS prompt. I will post the error
> > in a comment if required. Just post a reply saying if you need this error.
> >
> > NOTE: I am using an IBM USB floppy drive.
> >
> > Omniflop doesn't work with USB drives. It does however, work in VMware
> > Player where the VM detects the USB drive as built in via a virtual floppy
> > controller. Omniflop isn't supposed to work with virtual hardware, but in my
> > case it did and it formatted successfully. The only problem with this method
> > is that I can't write to the disk.
> >
> > When I put the disk formatted in Omniflop into my synth, it said it wasn't
> > formatted and bought me up to the format page.
> >
> > Can anyone help me with this? I could just go out and buy a disk, but
> > before I shell out all the money (and I can't be bothered waiting for it to
> > arrive from the USA to the UK), I want to see if I can create my own disk.
> >
> > Thanks in advance. I know this post is confusing, so if you need any
> > clarification on anything, post a reply and I will be more than happy to
> > explain further.
> >
> > Once again, many thanks in advance.
> > Jonathan.
> >
> >
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