Disklavier

I'm sure that both Mark and Carol are aware of this, but for those who
aren't, it is very easy to create a 720K floppy diskette, as follows:

 

Formatting a 720kB floppy disk with Windows XP

 

1) Cover the square hole in the corner of the 1.44M floppy with a piece of
tape
(there should be two holes - you want to cover the one WITHOUT the
write-protect shutter). If you hold the disk parallel to the floor, with
the label side up and the metal shutter away from you, it will be the hole
on the right.

2) Open a DOS window.  (select "Run" in Windows 7 from the Start menu, type
cmd into the box and press enter to open up a DOS box.

3) Type in the DOS command "FORMAT A: /T:80 /N:9" and press enter and follow
the prompts.

(Windows XP doesn't even support the /F:720 switch anymore, but explicitly
defining the number of sectors and tracks works just fine.)

 

4) This works with Windows 7 as well.

 

Geoff

 

 

  _____  

From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Mark Fontana
Sent: Saturday, 6 July 2013 6:58 AM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [disklavier] PPFBU Back-up Disk Utility for Windows 7 and 8

 

  


Thanks Carol!  Although there are several other programs that are compatible
with Yamaha diskettes, there's not much besides this utility and the Giebler
software that can handle PianoDisc diskettes.

A limitation of the currently-posted version of PPFBU is that it expects
only 720 KB Disklavier diskettes, leading to "unsupported diskette" errors
on 1.44 MB diskettes (homemade diskettes, some Pianosoft Plus disks, and
commercial disks downloaded via yamahamusicsoft.com).  I've been testing an
updated version adding support for 1.44 MB Disklavier disks and will post it
to the website soon.

Mark


On 07/05/2013 02:46 PM, Carol Beigel wrote:






 

PPFBU aka Player Piano Floppy Backup Utility is Mark Fontana's new, as of
March 2013, utility for backing up your floppy disks and converting those
Yamaha files to MIDI files.  The program and instructions can be found at:
<http://www.kinura.net/ppfbu/> http://www.kinura.net/ppfbu/

The program will convert PianoSoft, PianoSoftPlus and PianoDisc files to
standard MIDI files.