Disklavier

Good evening, everyone.

Regarding copying and converting protected Disklavier disks:

In a message dated 7/7/03 9:46:26 PM, Rich writes in response to Holly:

<< > having found little additional information in the archives, is it still 
the 

> case that a Mac person is out of luck, in trying to do all of this? What 

> options are there that are Mac compatible? Or do I just go buy a cheap 
Windows 

> laptop on Ebay and forget about it?

> 

> -Holly

> 


Holly…


When I absolutely HAVE to do Windows, I use a piece of Software called 

"Virtual PC" which runs windows and windows applications right on the Mac 
Desktop. 

Although I haven't used it with this specific software, I've had no problem 

running any windows applications with it. It runs about $200, kind of pricey, 
but 

who wants a cheap windows laptop lying about the house anyway. >>

I believe I am correct in saying that while certain Windows or DOS programs 
may run in emulation on the Mac, they will not be able to access the floppy 
drive hardware directly. For this reason, they will not be able to take a 
Yamaha-published Disklavier disk or song files downloaded from YamahaMusicSoft.com to 
a floppy and read them. The reason is that these disks are missing a boot 
sector. Any program that is successful in reading these disks accesses the PC 
floppy drive hardware directly--and this is not possible in emulation on the Mac.

Regards,
PianoBench