Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Greetings from the Great White and Slushy North...I recently aquired a 
Sd-1 with a toasted floppy drive and emailed Eric Montgomery at 
Ensoniq/Emu to see if the OS could be loaded by a sequencer with the 
sys.ex on floppy, through the midi-in port. Although the gentleman was 
prompt with his reply, the answer is a negative, no beans on that one. 
Hope this helps there Knut and Stu...anyone found a reasonablely 
priced source for the MFD-63W-00D? Are there any ways to crash the 
machine to avoid (besides throwing it)? Anyone with a spare manual 
that's not $20? Would purchasing an ESQ or SQR be covering the same 
tracks? Cheers to all, Keith