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Re: [disklavier] Successful floppy emulator installation in MX100B

2014-01-03 by George Frederick Litterst

One additional question, Eric and Scott: With the virtual floppy drive in place, can you access the MIDI functions of the instrument?

I am curious because you cannot use a DKC-850 with pre-Mark II DIsklaviers unless you can access the MIDI functions. In the case of the MX100A & B and the MX80 series, a working floppy drive with a disk inserted is necessary in order to access the MIDI functions.

Thanks,
PianoBench

On Jan 3, 2014, at 1:43 PM, George Frederick Litterst wrote:

Good afternoon, everyone.


Eric and Scott, this looks really cool! Thanks for sharing the information.

Have you noticed any limitation with respect to how many folders you can have or how many song files in a folder? Any restrictions on file names?

I am assuming that the old limits still apply.

Regards,
PianoBench


On Jan 3, 2014, at 1:16 PM, <slickfix@gmail.com> wrote:


Great to see it worked for you also Scott. Anybody that has and older Disklavier (I have an MX-88) and does not want to spend a lot of money to upgrade to get rid of floppies, this is a great option. Some people don't

like to convert and copy the files from floppy, but once you are done its great! It is nice to be able just to select a different folder on the memory card to select a different floppy. The control box just thinks you inserted a different floppy, all other operations are identical.


I never did get around to making a video, If I get a chance I will.


Happy New Year Everyone, This is a great group.


Eric



Eric






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