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Re: MX-88 Floppy Drive Conversion.

2013-05-14 by jthyder

The service manual is here: http://www.owner-manuals.com/DKC55RCD-service-manual-YAMAHA.html

The user's manual (with no schematics) is here: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDYQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.midiplayertools.com%2FDKVmanuals%2FMarkIII%2FDKVMK3Full_A_e_X2657B0.pdf&ei=oEiSUaHyObLW0gGVyIHoAg&usg=AFQjCNEsVcRL6YBgZytME5FzFTYf9U0WqA&sig2=gqTdJgujvZWaU4EHURhaQw&bvm=bv.46471029,d.dmQ&cad=rja

Thanks.

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, <slickfix@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Would depend on the type floppy, and electrical pin interface of floppy drive.
> Do you have a service manual of your piano with a schematic of your control
> unit?
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
> Can anyone say whether this mod would work with the DKC55RCD on my 13-year-old DCA3 (Mk III)? 
> 
> I've just ordered a new floppy drive from Yamaha ($100!) to replace the original one that crapped out on me a few months ago. 
> 
> This looks like a more reliable system, if the floppy drives are going to die every decade or so.
>

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