floppy drives
2018-11-13 by Fred Brown RPT
Hello, Does anyone know if there is a floppy drive emulator for DKC100R? Fred Brown RPT Registered Piano Technician www.FredKBrown.com Cell: 904-687-8353 Email: thepianoman3@...
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floppy drives
Re: floppy drives
2018-11-13 by slickfix@...
All will depend on the type of floppy drive. Do you know if the floppy drive in the DKC100R has a same part number as the floppy drive in the DKC5R? If so it will probably work.
The Emulator will emulate a 720k or 1.44k drive with a shugart or ibm interface. It really depends on the disk
controller chip in the control box, and the functions of the floppy drive pinouts.
If you have a copy of the schematic of the DKC100R controller box, I could take a quick look for you. To see
if I think it could work.
The link to the makers of the emulator is:
Their customer support is very helpful. They may be able to help you also.
Drive costs about $110 USD.
Eric
Re: [disklavier] floppy drives
2018-11-13 by Carol Beigel
There is a German version SD card. However, you will always need a working floppy drive for that piano no matter what you do. Carol Beigel
Re: floppy drives
2018-11-16 by rive37ypzwsbo5kdxqtnba54yy3mg76mqaare5tt@...
Hi Eric,
thanks for responding. It would be really cool if I could get an emulator to work in place of floppy drive. I have checked on part numbers and they are not the same. Looking for schematic to check pin outs and will get back to you.
thanks
Fred
Re: [disklavier] Re: floppy drives
2018-11-16 by slickfix
Sounds good. If you can get a schematic, that would be great. Eric
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From: mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2018 8:58 PM To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com Subject: [disklavier] Re: floppy drives Hi Eric, thanks for responding. It would be really cool if I could get an emulator to work in place of floppy drive. I have checked on part numbers and they are not the same. Looking for schematic to check pin outs and will get back to you. thanks Fred
RE: [disklavier] Re: floppy drives
2018-11-19 by Fred Brown RPT
Hi Eric, Thanks for your reply. I have attached a service manual for the DKC100R. I wasn’t able to find pin out etc from the floppy drive. I checked with Martin at Yamaha and part numbers aren’t the same. Seems like the emulator might work on the newer controller. Stay Tuned Fred
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Subject: [disklavier] Re: floppy drives
All will depend on the type of floppy drive. Do you know if the floppy drive in the DKC100R has a same part number as the floppy drive in the DKC5R? If so it will probably work.
The Emulator will emulate a 720k or 1.44k drive with a shugart or ibm interface. It really depends on the disk
controller chip in the control box, and the functions of the floppy drive pinouts.
If you have a copy of the schematic of the DKC100R controller box, I could take a quick look for you. To see
if I think it could work.
The link to the makers of the emulator is:
https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_drive_emulator/index.html#sdhxc
Their customer support is very helpful. They may be able to help you also.
Drive costs about $110 USD.
Eric