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

2012-05-19 by Daniel Forró

Thanks for info, I knew about it and want to buy. Great idea.

Daniel Forro

On May 19, 2012, at 8:27 PM, Christian Brunschen 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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