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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Replacing floppydrive of an SD1

Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Replacing floppydrive of an SD1

2008-03-02 by Lawrence Schryner

Hello, I just seen this post by you and it does
interest me as how you did it. I own a couple VFX-SD's
and one of them I had to buy a unique replacement
drive that could identify a double density disk. That
also means that it writes on each side of the disk as
well. It may be possible,(I don't know) that you are
able to write to a single sided disk with a simple
cable modification. I also am assuming that the VFX-SD
and the SD-1 are using the same types of drives and
cable setups.(Again, I don't know). The thing about it
is that if you have found a way to use a single drive
and it is working well. It is also possible to write
with a PC and corresponding software to a disk and
transfer the information without a midi setup to a PC.
This would save a lot of time trying to get a midi
setup hooked up to the PC. Thanks, Larry


--- tijgersanni <m.c.breukink@...> wrote:

> Hello Ensoniq lovers
> 
> I recently sucsesfully replaced the floppydrives of
> my SQ80 and SD1-32
> by  an ordinary PC floppydrive. This was done
> because they gave me
> problems while reading and writing floppy's
> I had to modify the floppycable ofcourse, because
> the SQ80 an SD1-32
> use a Shugart interface, that is slightly different
> from a standard PC
> interface.
> If someone is interested i can post the schematics
> and description
> "how it was done"
> 
> Greetings from 
> 
> Michel
> 
> The Netherlands
> 
> 
> 



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