Thanks for this thread! I've been reading the forum for a while, but this is my first post about my piano. It looks like this emulator might solve my problem, although I'll ask an idiot question first.
My hardware is an MX-100 A series, not "B". I'm not sure how it differs from the "B" series. Pretty old but it works great for my needs, except for a possible floppy intermittent. The machine will play from floppy or external MIDI, but randomly "lose" the disk - i.e., the file stops playing and the piano floppy player will look for a disk - "Please insert disk." It will then see (read) the disk and allow me to play the file till it happens again after a random period of time. It's the same when playing from an external MIDI player - the disc is lost and the piano stops. It's not the MIDI player on the computer that seems to be the issue, it's just the disk stops reading and stops the piano playback.
The piano is a U1S 48" from the mid-80's, as far as I can tell. I bought it second-hand and I don't know if it is grey-market or not.
I'm guessing the floppy drive is failing, or dirty, most likely. After this many years either is possible. But the emulator sounds like the perfect fix and update to solve the playback issue.
After reading about the emulator working with the MX-100B series I have to ask: Will it also work the same way with the MX-100A? I'm guessing yes, but I don't know what changed from the "A" to "B" hardware. It's likely the changes are minor (I hope). If it will work the same, I'm ready to order the emulator.
I've been reading the forum for awhile and I've gotten some very useful information from the posts - thanks to you all for keeping this great technology alive.
Scott (a different one, not the other one)
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Re: [disklavier] RE: Successful floppy emulator installation in MX100B
2014-01-12 by Bill Brandom
Scott,
The MX100A and MX100B use the same floppy drive and the drive goes in exactly the same way. So if the emulator works in the MX100B, it will work in the MX100A.
The MX100A had a red LCD screen. The MX100B had a green LCD screen. The primary difference between the MX100A and MX100B is the MX100B had a "quiet" function that brought the hammers much closer the strings, making it play much softer than the MX100A.
Your piano is most likely not grey market. The model sold in Japan at that time was the MX100R.
Bill
On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 6:02 PM, <sacsound100@...> wrote: