Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

I haven't tried it with a VFX-SD, but there's a video on youtube  
showing someone using it with their EPS-16+ :

	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r09ZJPwi3eU

The EPS-16+ uses the same floppy drive as the VFX-SD, as far as I  
know, so it should work equally well on a VFX-SD as on am EPS-16+ .

Best wishes,

// Christian Brunschen


On 16 Aug 2010, at 12:59, jacques chabot wrote:

> Thanks Christian for that very useful answer and great links.
>
> Using DD discs is not a problem since i have lots of these still.
>
> I would be curious to know if anybody have tried this floppy  
> emulator on their VFX.
>
> Jacques
>
> > To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> > From: cb@...
> > Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:26:07 +0100
> > Subject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] question about the floppy disk reader
> >
> > The floppy drive is a DD (double-density) drive, not an HD one. For
> > the best possible results, use DD diskettes. If you have none other
> > available then you _can_ use HD diskettes, but they're really  
> intended
> > for use with HD drives, so may deteriorate and lose their data more
> > quickly.
> >
> > Replacement floppy drives for the VFX can be bought from Route 66
> > Studios, http://route66studios.com/ .
> >
> > An alternative that might be a longer-term solution is to replace  
> the
> > actual floppy drive with a floppy drive emulator, which offers read-
> > write capability of floppy drive images off an SD card: see http://www.torlus.com/floppy/
> > .
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > // Christian Brunschen
> >
> >
> > On 16 Aug 2010, at 03:39, chabot652002 wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Everybody,
> > >
> > > I have owned a VFX-SD from 1990 to 1995.
> > >
> > > I originally joined this group to ask questions for a friend of  
> mine.
> > >
> > > But to talk and read about the VFX + the fact that i also own a
> > > Fizmo (and love the trans waves) gave me the idea to get another
> > > VFXSD.
> > >
> > > So now that the VFX is back into my studio, i have a very boring
> > > question to ask: is the floppy disk reader standard?
> > >
> > > Mine is working fine but i guess one day it will break.
> > >
> > > Among the members of this forum, i guess there must be people who
> > > had to replace their disk reader. So can we use any kind of reader
> > > or we must find a special one for the VFX?
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to use HD disquettes? I also forgot this detail 15
> > > years later...
> > >
> > > Jacques
> > >
> > >
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