Disklavier

Hi Sheldon

it would be nice of yamaha to provide a file reader program for their 
eseq formatted diskettes which can be used inside of xp or dos to 
read 
any yamaha formatted diskettes, but i doubt that will happen any time 
soon

All I can say is watch this space.......coming soon.


Midi Magic



--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Sheldon Deluty" <mdshd@e...> 
wrote:
> to the best of my limited understanding, giebler does not work 
under windows
> xp because the processor runs too fast
> 
> but there is a shareware program available called CPU KILLER
> 
> the website is:  http://www.cpukiller.com/products/cpukiller/
> 
> this program allows you to manually and controllably slow your CPU 
speed
> down to whatever speed you desire, which appears to allow Giebler 
and other
> DOS based programs and old games to run on new machines, even those 
with xp
> installed as the OS
> 
> it is trial and error as to how slow you have to make the processor 
run, but
> i can tell you that giebler works at 200 mhz (i did not try faster, 
yet)
> 
> when you are done, you simply close the CPU killer program and your 
computer
> ramps back up to "expressway speed" or reboot the computer
> 
> unlike the patch program kindly offered to me by jason stein, this 
program
> does not need to change the actual exe files for them to work
> 
> unfortunately, the problem remains that double density diskettes in 
a 1.4 HD
> xp floppy drive are somewhat quixotic in their performance
> 
> some diskettes can be read and some cannot, even with the slowing 
of the
> processor
> 
> i do not know if there is a program out their to make the 
performance of dd
> diskettes more predictable in modern machines
> 
> it would be nice of yamaha to provide a file reader program for 
their eseq
> formatted diskettes which can be used inside of xp or dos to read
> any yamaha formatted diskettes, but i doubt that will happen any 
time soon
> 
> i hope this CPU killer programs helps some of the xp crowd out 
there who
> still want to use the giebler program
> 
> as giebler allows for yamaha formatting of dd diskettes outside of 
the
> disklavier, i believe it still has some utility to some users
> 
> thank you for your time
> 
> sheldon deluty