Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Hi there,
first, I understand that I joined this group as a member #45, today ..

My questions:
1. Where can I find historic information about the VFX? What happened 
when? What was the first VFX (with/without sequencer?), the OS 
versions, when did it change to SD, and to SD1, and so on? 

2. What might be the problem using new HD 3,5" (1,44) and not the DD? 
I have just formatted a lot of HDs, and they are all OK.

I have more questions (MIDI, errors ..), but I will bring them in 
later. 


Thank you,

Jan Gohja
Gohja Studio
Norway

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@egroups.com, gohja@c... wrote:
> Hi there,
> first, I understand that I joined this group as a member #45, 
today ..
> 
> My questions:
> 1. Where can I find historic information about the VFX? What 
happened 
> when? What was the first VFX (with/without sequencer?), the OS 
> versions, when did it change to SD, and to SD1, and so on? 
> 

There are a great many 'Vintage Synth' sites, where you can find all 
this history, start with sites like www.synthzone.com, 
www.vintagesynth.com, wwww.sonicstate.com, www.vse.com etc etc

> 2. What might be the problem using new HD 3,5" (1,44) and not the 
DD? 
> I have just formatted a lot of HDs, and they are all OK.

There's no problem as far as the VFX is concerned, the problem comes 
if you try to put them in a PC to use a VFX<->PC tool, unless you 
cover the 'HD' ID hole, the PC will think its a 1.44MB disk, and get 
confused...

Also, once a disk is written in one density, it often won't work if 
its formatted to another, so if you take a VFX formatted disk, and 
try to format it as 1.44MB there is a chance of lots of errors...

> 
> I have more questions (MIDI, errors ..), but I will bring them in 
> later. 
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Jan Gohja
> Gohja Studio
> Norway