Disklavier

Units old enough to not play midis, almost always read 720K DD disks
only and don't recognize 1.44MB formats.  I found plenty of old obsolete
software distribution disks in my archives for my purposes, but if you
don't have any and can't find any at the local store (pretty rare), try
this workaround.  Tape over the extra hole (w/o the sliding tab) and do
a full reformat of the floppy as a 720K DD.  I have to do this on my
antique #3 Win98 machine, because the other two are XP, which I was
surprised to discover has dropped support for formatting 720K floppies.
New formatted 720K diskettes are still widely available on the web at
low bulk prices.  You also must use formatted 720 K diskettes in
conjunction with the dkvcopy utility which operates in 720 to 720 mode
only.  You should be able to purchase a controller upgrade for your unit
that will give you 1.44MB compatibility, plus the ability to play and
record Midi type 0 and Midi type 1 directly.  It's not a necessity, or
cheap, but it is very convenient if you download a lot of music.

 

Todd Muncy

disklavier@...

http://MuncyFamily.com <http://muncyfamily.com/>   updated 3/2/02

 

-----Original Message-----
From: jjoos99 [mailto:jjoos99@...] 
Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 11:06 AM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [disklavier] midi conversions?

 

Hello all
  I have an older upright lavier mx80 series.  I have discovered all 
the the midi files that are available and would love to play them on 
my piano.  I have been able to convert the midi files over to .fil 
files and have made the pianodir on the disk but my player still 
tells me I have an unformatted disk.  I am using 2hd disks, is this 
the problem?  Do I need the double density disks?  I have been able 
to do what I have so far due to this site.  Thanks a million
Jeff






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