David
Mike has given you exactly the advice I was about
to give you. There is one thing I noticed that does trouble me. You
said (2HD), by which I think you are saying it is a 1.44MB diskette and not the
usual 720K. If so, that will be a challenge. DKVCOPY is specifically
designed to make DOS readable copies of 720K disks and does not support
1.44MB. Unfortunately I don't have a solution if that is the case.
The only 1.44 Pianosoft disk I remember was the demos that came with my
disklavier. Most or all of the ones they sell are 720K to assure backward
compatibility. Hope this helps.
----- Original Message -----From: mcgregor2playSent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 1:43 AMSubject: [disklavier] Re: Pianosoft Plus 2HD Utility--- In disklavier@y..., "crayton1999" <david.grubb@m...> wrote:
> Is there a utility that enables Pianosoft Plus (2HD) floppies to
run
> a PC sound card? Thanks in advance.
>
> Best regards......David Grubb
David,
Assuming you are familiar with the dkvutils software available at
this site, I would think that the easiest way to allow play on a PC
is to convert the Pianosoft Plus ESEQ files to MIDI format: first
use the DISKCOPY utility to get a readable set of files on the
floppy copy of the Pianosoft Plus disk,then exit to Windows,
transfer the copied disk's files to PC hard drive and run them
through the ESEQ2MID utility. Just playing around, I have converted
a few Pianosoft Plus files to MIDI and they sound great through a PC.
Note that you have to reboot to DOS (not exit to command prompt) in
order to use the DISKCOPY utility. IF you are equipped with Windows
XP, you cannot use DISKCOPY unless you yourself have set up a
dualboot DOS-WinXP system. In that case, go find a PC equipped with
Windows 2000 or earlier Windows OS. I suppose it would even work on
the original IBM PC with DOS. After you get a floppy copy, you can
do the rest on your WinXP system.
Mike McGregor
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