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2004-08-19 by René van den Bosch
Hello,
I already tried to load a 2.10 sequencer version
but the VFX hang after 2 seconds of loading it.
so I need an older one I think
René
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AW: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] version
2004-08-21 by hans-artmann@t-online.de
René,
Check
your ROM version by pressing Preset + Master. If it is ROM 2.0 then the
sequencer OS 2.1 must work and you've a different problem: most likely your OS
disk is either damaged or has been created the wrong way. How did you set the
disk up? You say the VFX hangs, is there any error message? If not, try to
create a new OS disk using EDE.
What
OS do you have on your PC? EDE is very picky and won't run properly under a DOS
cmd shell of Windows: use a DOS boot floppy.
In an
earlier post I wrote:
"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."
If you
have a NT based system look at the following:
"I just found out that the following DOES
work:
Create
an XP (MS-DOS) startup disk and boot using this disk. To create a startup disk
right click A:\, choose format and check the 'create MS-DOS startup disk'
option.
If you
have a FAT32 partition on your harddisk (which is a good idea anyway to store
your valuable VFX image files) this will be the C: drive when you boot from the
floppy.
E.g.
you've created a FAT32 partition which could be let's say E: in normal operation
while C: is NTFS and D: is your CD-ROM.
Now
create a folder VFX on E: and put images, EDE or other tools into this
folder...
After
booting from the floppy you will be able to change to C:\VFX and run EDE and
everything works fine.
Having a disk partition has some advantages over
working with a RAM drive: you can permanently store your files and access
them also in XP mode (after
booting regularly) and do things like burning images created with EDE
on CD-ROM or send sysex files via MIDI to your VFX
etc.
If you
have problems to create a FAT32 partition (you probably have if you don't know
what a FAT32 partition is) better ask a PC guru to do it for you. It's
not dangerous but I prefer not to desrcibe things which could put you in deep
trouble if don't really know what you are doing (for the guru: Bootit NG works
fine and is free).
Overall this is the most convenient way to deal with the good old
stuff.
BTW, this should also work with NT, w2k, and Me."
I hope this helps.
Hans
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-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: René van den Bosch [mailto:renebosch@...]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 19. August 2004 21:45
An: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
Betreff: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] versionHello,I already tried to load a 2.10 sequencer version but the VFX hang after 2 seconds of loading it.so I need an older one I thinkRené
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] version
2004-08-22 by Sandy Lane
Hello,
Sequencer version 2.10 should definitely work in your VFX-SD.
It is the latest upgrade and the owner's manual says to always use the latest
version. So if version 2.10 is not loading then either the disk is
corrupted or your VFX-SD has a problem. Let's hope it's only the
disk!
Sandy Lane
-----Original Message-----
From: René van den Bosch <renebosch@...>
To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com <Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, August 19, 2004 3:45 PM
Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] version
From: René van den Bosch <renebosch@...>
To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com <Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Thursday, August 19, 2004 3:45 PM
Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] version
Hello,
I already tried to load a 2.10 sequencer version
but the VFX hang after 2 seconds of loading it.
so I need an older one I think
René