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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Replacement for the floppy drive

2012-05-19 by Bob S.

This sound like an advertisement from someone with vested interest.....

Bob


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On May 19, 2012, at 4:27 AM, Christian Brunschen <cb@...> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Floppy drives wear out and even floppies are becoming scarce. Fortunately, there's now an alternative / replacement that's available and not horribly expensive: a floppy drive emulator that emulates a standard IBM-PC or Shugart floppy drive, storing multiple disk images on an SD card, allowing read/write operation, and with verified support for Ensoniq keyboards ... and now that's available in the same physical form factor as a 3.5-inch floppy drive, making it a straight slot-in replacement for a floppy drive:
> 
>   http://www.lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=42
> 
> Discussion forum:
> 
>   http://torlus.com/floppy/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=871
> 
> Software, including firmware updates:
> 
>   http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/
> 
> I just thought this might be useful.
> 
> // Christian
> 
>

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