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Thanks Bill, I just ordered the Lacie 70618 on eBay and will take it from there.

Regards 

Donal

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On 12 Mar 2013, at 16:29, Bill Brandom <bill.brandom03@...> wrote:

> Because Yamaha has protected its PianoSoft files on floppy disks, most drives don't work.
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> The Yamaha drive that works is the UD-FD01. There are two other drives that I know that work with the protected data:
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> Iomega #32633
> LaCie #706018
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> If you try a different drive and it works, please let the group know the make and model.
> 
> Bill Brandom
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> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 5:23 AM, discodonal <discodonal@...> wrote:
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>> Why can't I use any USB floppy disk drive? I want to get all the songs from my mark iii box to my dkc 850.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Donal
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>> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Bill Brandom <bill.brandom03@...> wrote:
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>> > If you are going to use a non-Yamaha USB FDD, I recommend the following:
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>> > Iomega #32633
>> > LaCie #706018
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>> > These do work with protected floppies.
>> > 
>> > Bill
>> > 
>> > Sent from my iPhone
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>> > On Sep 3, 2012, at 9:50 AM, "gmtmt" <gmtmt@...> wrote:
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>> > > I wen to Best Buy and bought a floppy disc drive for $70.00 and attached it the the KDC850 and it works great. I also use the USB stick as well.
>> > > 
>> > > --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Carol Beigel <carol@> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > There is a problem with that. Yamaha copy protection scheme will NOT allow you to:
>> > > > 
>> > > > copy a PianoSoft disk to a USB stick
>> > > > copy a PianoSoft disk to the FromToPC folder
>> > > > copy PianoSoft disks to CDs
>> > > > 
>> > > > The only way I have found to get your pianosoft floppies into the Memory is to use a USB floppy disk drive.
>> > > > 
>> > > > I figure if you can afford the $1500 for the DKC-850 you might save yourself a lot of time and trouble and just buy their USB Floppy Disk drive.
>> > > > 
>> > > > You can, however, convert your ESEQ disks to standard file formats using Giebler, DKVutils or Root a Ripper, then use the converted disks to place files on USB sticks, folders on a computer, etc.
>> > > > 
>> > > > Good luck.
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>> > > > 
>> > > > Carol Beigel
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>> > > > On Sep 3, 2012, at 3:13 AM, tintinlad320 wrote:
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>> > > > > I found this in the operating manual:
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > You can add a Disklavier piano performance you recorded or on 
>> > > > > commercially available SmartPianoSoft software to the playback of songs 
>> > > > > on your favorite CDs. 
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > So its ok i guess; I wont have the diskettes reader unit so probably I'll have to copy the floppy to the pc and from there on on a usb stick I'll choose the 
>> > > > > appropriate file...
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