Disklavier

Todd & Mike,

Yes, it is indeed the 1.44 2HD diskettes that I was asking about.  
This diskette is the sampler that came with my Disklavier and has 
both piano solo (Pianosoft) and Piano with accompanyment (Pianosoft 
Plus).

I was under the impression that all Pianosoft Plus diskettes were 2HD 
as I have yet to purchase any.

Thank you both for the quick responses.  This user group is excellent 
and necessary for all owners of these wonderfully complex Disklavier 
machines.

Best regards....David Grubb 

--- In disklavier@y..., "Todd Muncy" <disklavier@m...> wrote:
> 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: mcgregor2play 
>   To: disklavier@y... 
>   Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 1:43 AM
>   Subject: [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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