Hi Hans,
I will try formatting a disk on the vfx (i also have an SD-1) and
then ill try to download some of the various VFX/SD sounds etc that
are on here and on the web.
I will do this on the laptop i have running win 95.
what do I do next to get the sounds and sequences that i download
from the web onto the vfx disk?
I dont have a midi sound card that could transfer the data via midi,
or else I would have done that by now lol.
Im trying to make the diskette method work for the meantime.
Thanks to you Hans, Frank and all the rest that are helping me !!!!
PS I am also looking for top 40 (current or classic) sequences to
use on the SD-1 as I am going to get back into doing a 2 piece act
soon. Any help would be appreciated.
One last thing, if I cant get this transfer thing worked out, can
any of you make vfx/sd diskettes for me and send them?
thanks again !!!
Rich
--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, hans-artmann@t... wrote:
> Rich,
> formatting should almost always work using the VFX itself...
> I've attached two earlier postings from this list which might be
> interesting for you.
> Once you have managed to get your DOS environment clean (boot
Win95 with
> CTRL pressed...)you could also try my vfrf tool to format your
disks.
> Have a look at the groups file section to download VFXtools.zip
> http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ensoniq-VFX-SD/files/Tools/
>
> Hans
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: homebythe_sea [mailto:homebythe_sea@y...]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. März 2004 22:22
> An: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: having trouble with the giebler
program
>
>
> The laptop is running windows 95. It is very picky about what
disks
> it will format. I have about 15 dsdd disks and it only formatted
one
> or two. Can I use DS HD disks? I think if i tape the notch (the
one
> opposite the write protect tab) they will be read as dsdd disks.
>
> On the one or two disks i "formatted", i tried to copy files and
it
> didnt work. Please give me step by step instructions for the
> transfer as i have followed whats on the documentation file but it
> doesnt seem to work.
>
> Thanks for your help !!!
>
> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "David A. Pope"
> <ensoniqdap65@s...> wrote:
> > What OS is running on the laptop? It MUST be an OS that
> has "DOS" Win98
> > ver. 2 or OLDER, Win98, Win95, etc. Will not work with WinME,
> Win2000 or
> > WinNT or, as you have found out WinXP...
> >
> > David
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: homebythe_sea [mailto:aotoe@h...]
> > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 12:02 AM
> > To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] having trouble with the giebler
program
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have both a VFX-SD and a SD-1. I have had them a long time
and
> > just got back into playing again.
> >
> > I have been out of the loop for a while, and found some sites
> that
> > have the updated Operating systems, and the Giebler transfer
> utility.
> >
> > Problem is, I have yet to make any of it work.
> >
> > I can download the files, and the transfer program but it
doesnt
> > work for me. I first did it on my pc which is running windows
XP,
> > but quickly found out that the transfer program will not work
> with
> > XP.
> >
> > I then tried moving it via diskette to my older laptop, but it
> still
> > doesnt work.
> >
> > Can someone help me figure this out?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Rich
> >
> > homebythe_sea@y...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
> Guys I wanted to pass this on to all of you considering using
HD discs with the tape over the hole trick.
>
> This still will not allow you to use the extra space on the 1.44
disc, it
> only allows you to use the HD disc and with mixed results at best.
>
> Here's is one of about 15 reasons NOT to do this.
>
> Let's say you decide to do this HD trick and use the HD discs for
ALL your
> important work. Then later down the road your original drive fails
and you
> install a new drive then you find out you can't seem to get the HD
discs to
> read back!! All your hard work is lost and many times this will be
the same
> case when trying to use the same disc in another VFXSD/SD1 series.
>
> The reason (and others) being that the data was not correctly
aligned on
> the HD disc making it imposable to retrieve from the new drive.
This happens
> alot and is one of the best reasons to use the correct discs.
>
> Rich
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > If you put a piece of tape over the HD sense hole, the computer,
and hence
> > the Giebler programs won't know it's an HD disk, and it
> > will work just fine.
> >
> > Geren W. Mortensen, Jr.
> > Columbia, Maryland, USA
>
>
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>
> Michael,
> There are other sites to download the ede109.exe shareware
program, e.g.
> http://www.soundcentral.com/ (look under Ensoniq-> Util).
> You should be aware that programs like this accessing 720k floppies
> (formatted with 800k by using 10 sectors per track) cannot be used
under NT,
> w2k, or XP (i.e. anything NT based). Even under Win98 (and I guess
it would
> be the same for Win95 and Me) you have to follow the following
procedure:
> press CTRL while booting Windows to get into the extended start
menu and
> choose 'Command Prompt' (or similar, I can't tell the
wording 'cause I got a
> German system - but it should be option 5). Then you get a 'clean'
DOS
> environment which allows the program to write the disk properly.
Opening a
> command prompt window or even 'restart in DOS mode' would fail:
the program
> pretends to work, however it would write only 9 sectors per
track... which
> leaves you with a messy disk.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Hans
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael in Bermuda [mailto:michael_3460@y...]
> Sent: Montag, 22. September 2003 15:06
> To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Operating System for SD1
>
>
> I tried to download from Giebler site but kept getting error
messages.
> If you have it, please send it to the following eail address:
>
> mdfox@i...
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> Hi VFX friends,
>
> I've converted the VFX program library 'The Lot' into VFX usable
sysex files.
> There is also a list of the contents.
>
> As a further Christmas present to the group I decided to release
some tools
> I believe to be helpful:
> It's a suite of command line programs to deal with VFX disks
> and sysex files containing VFX programs.
>
> You'll receive a separate email with the upload notification amd
the link.
>
> I wrote these programs out of several reasons:
>
> Firstly I had to get some order into the lots of sysex files and
> using Soundlib, which is a great program, is one thing but still
not
> knowing what's in the different files is another thing - not to
talk
> about the problem how I could easily find identical programs
coming
> with different names or identify the minor changes which make the
> difference in simlar programs. This is where the following
> programs are helpful:
>
> vlst Print programs with checksums from VFX sysex file.
> vcmp Compare two programs from VFX sysex file(s).
>
> Secondly, when I acquired a VFX-SD, I herited a million diskettes
> and you know it's hard to explore what's on them, let alone the
fact
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> that you quickly realize how unreliable old disks are. I wanted
> to store the disks contents on my PC and find a way to handle
> faulty (or maybe faulty?) disks. Here is how I dealt with this:
>
> vrdf Read VFX and EPS disks and create an image file.
> vwri Write VFX or EPS disks from an image file.
> vfrf Format VFX disks.
>
> vdir Print directory from VFX disk image file.
> vexa Extract all files from VFX image file.
> vext Extract single files from VFX image file.
> vblk Get last used block number from VFX image file.
>
> And finally it seems to be hard to get hold of a copy of Gary
> Gieblers software, although his website is still online, and when
> I tried to find out if his programs would work under XP or Win98
> (with this strange VFX diskette format!) I suddenly found myself
> deeply in programming and just couldn't stop...
> However, I couldn't have done it without Gary's article on the
> VFX diskette formats and I never intended to reimplement his
> software. When you read the descriptions and try out the programs
> you will find some useful features which I think are not included
> in the Giebler SW (without having seen it).
>
> Have a look into the readme file for instructions. Let me know
> when you have questions or find bugs but don't expect me to
> answer within hours...
>
> Merry Christmas and a happy new year
>
> Hans
