Disklavier

Hi Leigh,

many thanks for that advice. Yes I think it should work providing my 486 
with windows 95 support the driver. Just intresting to find out which shop 
did you see it for that price?

Thanks
Budds


>From: Leigh Whitley <lemuria@...>
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [disklavier] DGC1A versus DGH1BA
>Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 12:59:35 +1000
>
>Hi Budds,
>Whilst I was browsing the local computer markets here in Sydney the other 
>week, I noticed a 2 output USB 2 PCMCIA card for about $45. Your Toshiba 
>would have a PCMCIA bay available. Then you could buy one of the readily 
>available USB/ Midi adaptors. Problem solved. As for the rest of it, I see 
>no problems.
>
>
>Leigh
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Buddhika Wije
>   To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 11:10 AM
>   Subject: Re: [disklavier] DGC1A versus DGH1BA
>
>
>   Hi,
>
>   I have an old Toshiba laptop (486) which I use for formatting disks and
>   coping files to 720k disks to insert into mt Mark 2 disklavier. I was
>   wondering whether I could have this connected to the Markll  via a
>   Serial/parallel midi interface and use the midi out of the markll piano
>   control box to connect to my Yamaha Tyros Keyboard to get the Piano soft
>   sounds?  This way I don't have to convert midi files to ESQ format which 
>the
>   mark 2 controller use. Can this be done?
>
>   Also regarding a serial /Parallel midi controller, I could not find any 
>in
>   shops here in Melbourne Australia. They say that they are not been made
>   anymore as there is not much demand for them hance the price is much 
>higher.
>   Some say they can have it imported but a new one cost mush more than the 
>USB
>   one and no one here can say which one of the two types would be better 
>for
>   my application. Any comments? Also is there a site where I can locate 
>one
>   even secondhand at a reasonable cost?
>
>   My Toshiba does not have a sound card. Does this matter when you play 
>piano
>   soft in midi format once I have it connected to the Yamaha tyros 
>keyboard?
>
>   rgds
>   Budds
>
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