Disklavier

This reasoning makes sense for someone who owns an older disklavier,
but I am disappointed that the Mark IV's upgrade process continues to
depend on old technology.  It is perfectly easy to burn files onto CD
these days.  In my opinion, the Mark IV should not require anything
but a CD for upgrading.  Even better would be to be able to transmit
everything over wireless or ethernet and avoid removable media
altogether.  But I guess these issues will always be relevant; as the
industry transitions to newer and better storage technologies, there
are always periods in which both the old and new technologies must
coexist.

Carl

On 4/14/05, Carol Beigel <thecarolb@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Even if floppy drives are not included on many new
> computers, if you are going to own a Disklavier, then
> own a floppy drive.  I bought a new one cheap -
> external floppy drive that plugs into a  USB port on
> any computer.  Works great.
> 
> Its not that floppy disks aren't usefull, it's just
> that so much software is sold as downloaded versions
> over the internet.  Almost everyone these days has an
> internet connection.
> 
> When we upgrade computers around here, we never part
> with one that runs DOS on a FAT32 system just in case
> we need it for the Disklavier.  I figure my DKV will
> last the rest of my life, and so I am making provision
> that I have the ability to back up and move my library
> of songs.  And a floppy drive is certainly cheap
> insurance.
> 
> Carol Beigel