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RootARipper & RipARoot

2003-11-19 by midi_magic2000

Hi All

They are HERE, at last. Well I've had them for a while now but now we 
can pass them on.

A very good friend of mine has just finished writing two small 
utilities for "floppy disk recovery" that may be of interest to the 
group.
Both of these are Freeware. Please send me your feedback as it is 
nice to know how well they perform.
 
Basically they will read a floppy that has a bad or missing boot 
sector, taking the files from the root directory and saving them to 
your HDD.
One is for NT, 2000 and XP and the other is for DOS. Sorry, but we do 
not have it working for Win 95, 98 nor ME yet.
 
DKVCOPY and Giebler will work but  you must use 720K disks. They will 
NOT read or work with 1.44M disks. These programs will work with 720K 
and 1.44M disks.

RootARipper works for NT, 2000 and XP
RipARoot    Works for DOS 

NO MORE HAVING TO USE 720K Disks.

I have posted them to the files section.

Midi Magic

RE: [disklavier] RootARipper & RipARoot

2003-11-20 by Sheldon Deluty

Hallelauyah!
The Holy Grail has finally been grasped.
I have had several dd disks which werer recorded almost 10 years ago on a diskalvier Mark II by a friend in Yamaha *.fil (eseq) format
Years ago I converted the files via Giebler and backed up those converted files to an earlier Hard Drive which is now dearly departed.
So all I have left are these old dd disk
Anyway, because of the vagaries of XP, I could never open these particular disks...my OS kept saying the disks were unformatted.
Even using the patched Giebler in DOS or Giebler under CPU killer, I simpy could not get theses disks to open and reveal their contents!
As a consequence, these "*.fil" files were "locked" on these disks...I thought forever.
Along come the magicians of the DUG and provide the 2 solutions to my problem:
1. "Rootaripper" which magically reads these dd disks under XP and captures the *.fil to a destination on my hard drive.
2. The eseq to midi converter utility (I could have used Giebler under CPU killer but I wanted to try the easier route) which converted the *.fil to *.mid
And guess what? IT WORKED!!
I have now successfully retrieved all of the eseq files I had on all my of my old dd disks...I went through all of them and I even found some files on some old dd disks that I did not even know I still had!!
Having upgraded my Mark II several months ago with a new XG controller unit, I am now officially free of the unwieldy and user-unfriendly DOS, Giebler, *.fil and *.esq system
But, if I ever encounter one of those files again from an old dd disk, I now have the tools to unlock the disk and retrieve the files.
I have not tried the program on pianosoft diskettes, but I have no reason to doubt that it would not work...I have yet to encounter a dd disk the program could not open, and I tried several dozen!
Thank you midi magic for making this happen.
And thank you to the developer of eseq to midi...I want to thank you also personally, even though I do not know your name
Your programs are a godsend!!
How lucky to have this DUG discussion group
My 10 year old disklavier is now only 1 generation behind...while I cannot make it a silent piano or get it to play the new CD's, it is as versatile a player piano in 2003 as I hoped it could ever be!!
Yamaha should seriously consider putting the XG upgrade kit back into continuous production for the benefit of earlier Disklavier owners!!
Thank you all for your time
Sheldon Deluty
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-----Original Message-----
From: midi_magic2000 [mailto:magic_midi@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:25 PM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [disklavier] RootARipper & RipARoot

Hi All

They are HERE, at last. Well I've had them for a while now but now we
can pass them on.

A very good friend of mine has just finished writing two small
utilities for "floppy disk recovery" that may be of interest to the
group.
Both of these are Freeware. Please send me your feedback as it is
nice to know how well they perform.

Basically they will read a floppy that has a bad or missing boot
sector, taking the files from the root directory and saving them to
your HDD.
One is for NT, 2000 and XP and the other is for DOS. Sorry, but we do
not have it working for Win 95, 98 nor ME yet.

DKVCOPY and Giebler will work but you must use 720K disks. They will
NOT read or work with 1.44M disks. These programs will work with 720K
and 1.44M disks.

RootARipper works for NT, 2000 and XP
RipARoot Works for DOS

NO MORE HAVING TO USE 720K Disks.

I have posted them to the files section.

Midi Magic





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RE: [disklavier] RootARipper & RipARoot

2003-11-20 by Chine-Chine Wang

Hey Sheldon,

The wonderful software tools you mentioned are NOT from DUG!!  DUG is 
Yamaha founded (or "funded") and would never allow utilities that can copy 
PianoSoft disks, even for legitimate reasons.  Credits should go to the 
right group, the Yahoo Disklavier Group founded by Todd Muncy, and the 
members who contribute to it.

CCW


At 09:41 AM 11/20/2003, you wrote:
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>Hallelauyah!
>
>The Holy Grail has finally been grasped.
>
>I have had several dd disks which werer recorded almost 10 years ago on a 
>diskalvier Mark II by a friend in Yamaha *.fil  (eseq)  format
>
>Years ago I converted the files via Giebler and backed up those converted 
>files to an earlier Hard Drive which is now dearly departed.
>
>So all I have left are these old dd disk
>
>Anyway, because of the vagaries of XP, I could never open these particular 
>disks...my OS kept saying the disks were unformatted.
>
>Even using the patched Giebler in DOS or Giebler under CPU killer, I simpy 
>could not get theses disks to open and reveal their contents!
>
>As a consequence, these "*.fil" files were "locked" on these disks...I 
>thought forever.
>
>Along come the magicians of the DUG and provide the 2 solutions to my problem:
>
>1. "Rootaripper" which magically reads these dd disks under XP and 
>captures the *.fil to a destination on my hard drive.
>
>2. The eseq to midi converter utility (I could have used Giebler under CPU 
>killer but I wanted to try the easier route) which converted the *.fil to 
>*.mid
>
>And guess what? IT WORKED!!
>
>I have now successfully retrieved all of the eseq files I had on all my of 
>my old dd disks...I went through all of them and I even found some files 
>on some old dd disks that I did not even know I still had!!
>
>Having upgraded my Mark II several months ago with a new  XG controller 
>unit, I am now officially free of the unwieldy and user-unfriendly DOS, 
>Giebler, *.fil and *.esq system
>
>But, if I ever encounter one of those files again from an old dd disk, I 
>now have the tools to unlock the disk and retrieve the files.
>
>I have not tried the program on pianosoft diskettes, but I have no reason 
>to doubt that it would not work...I have yet to encounter a dd disk the 
>program could not open, and I tried several dozen!
>
>Thank you midi magic for making this happen.
>
>And thank you to the developer of eseq to midi...I want to thank you also 
>personally, even though I do not know your name
>
>Your programs are a godsend!!
>
>How lucky to have this DUG discussion group
>
>My 10 year old disklavier is now only 1 generation behind...while I cannot 
>make it a silent piano or get it to play the new CD's, it is as versatile 
>a player piano in 2003 as I hoped it could ever be!!
>
>Yamaha should seriously consider putting the XG upgrade kit back into 
>continuous production for the benefit of earlier Disklavier owners!!
>
>Thank you all for your time
>
>Sheldon Deluty
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: midi_magic2000 [mailto:magic_midi@...]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:25 PM
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [disklavier] RootARipper & RipARoot
>
>Hi All
>
>They are HERE, at last. Well I've had them for a while now but now we
>can pass them on.
>
>A very good friend of mine has just finished writing two small
>utilities for "floppy disk recovery" that may be of interest to the
>group.
>Both of these are Freeware. Please send me your feedback as it is
>nice to know how well they perform.
>
>Basically they will read a floppy that has a bad or missing boot
>sector, taking the files from the root directory and saving them to
>your HDD.
>One is for NT, 2000 and XP and the other is for DOS. Sorry, but we do
>not have it working for Win 95, 98 nor ME yet.
>
>DKVCOPY and Giebler will work but  you must use 720K disks. They will
>NOT read or work with 1.44M disks. These programs will work with 720K
>and 1.44M disks.
>
>RootARipper works for NT, 2000 and XP
>RipARoot    Works for DOS
>
>NO MORE HAVING TO USE 720K Disks.
>
>I have posted them to the files section.
>
>Midi Magic
>
>
>
>
>
>To Post a message to the group, send it to:   disklavier@...
>
>To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's founder and 
>moderator, send it to:
>disklavier-owner@...
>
>To reach our group's web site go to:
><http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier>http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier
>
>Todd's family web site was completely updated 01/15/03.  It contains some 
>fun disklavier content and links to midi sites among many other things, 
>The url is:
><http://MuncyFamily.com>http://MuncyFamily.com
>
>THINKING OF LEAVING THE GROUP?
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>fun disklavier content and links to midi sites among many other things, 
>The url is:
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RE: [disklavier] RootARipper & RipARoot

2003-11-20 by Sheldon Deluty

my sincerest apologies if i offended anyone

i do not know who is the person behind the midi magic pseudonym so kudos to
him/her

and a special thank you to mr. todd muncy and the programmer(s) who wrote
the conversion utilities for the yahoo disklavier group

i hope that sets the record straignht for mr. wang

sheldon deluty
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  -----Original Message-----
  From: Chine-Chine Wang [mailto:chine@...]
  Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 11:32 AM
  To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: RE: [disklavier] RootARipper & RipARoot


  Hey Sheldon,

  The wonderful software tools you mentioned are NOT from DUG!!  DUG is
  Yamaha founded (or "funded") and would never allow utilities that can copy
  PianoSoft disks, even for legitimate reasons.  Credits should go to the
  right group, the Yahoo Disklavier Group founded by Todd Muncy, and the
  members who contribute to it.

  CCW


  At 09:41 AM 11/20/2003, you wrote:
  >Hallelauyah!
  >
  >The Holy Grail has finally been grasped.
  >
  >I have had several dd disks which werer recorded almost 10 years ago on a
  >diskalvier Mark II by a friend in Yamaha *.fil  (eseq)  format
  >
  >Years ago I converted the files via Giebler and backed up those converted
  >files to an earlier Hard Drive which is now dearly departed.
  >
  >So all I have left are these old dd disk
  >
  >Anyway, because of the vagaries of XP, I could never open these
particular
  >disks...my OS kept saying the disks were unformatted.
  >
  >Even using the patched Giebler in DOS or Giebler under CPU killer, I
simpy
  >could not get theses disks to open and reveal their contents!
  >
  >As a consequence, these "*.fil" files were "locked" on these disks...I
  >thought forever.
  >
  >Along come the magicians of the DUG and provide the 2 solutions to my
problem:
  >
  >1. "Rootaripper" which magically reads these dd disks under XP and
  >captures the *.fil to a destination on my hard drive.
  >
  >2. The eseq to midi converter utility (I could have used Giebler under
CPU
  >killer but I wanted to try the easier route) which converted the *.fil to
  >*.mid
  >
  >And guess what? IT WORKED!!
  >
  >I have now successfully retrieved all of the eseq files I had on all my
of
  >my old dd disks...I went through all of them and I even found some files
  >on some old dd disks that I did not even know I still had!!
  >
  >Having upgraded my Mark II several months ago with a new  XG controller
  >unit, I am now officially free of the unwieldy and user-unfriendly DOS,
  >Giebler, *.fil and *.esq system
  >
  >But, if I ever encounter one of those files again from an old dd disk, I
  >now have the tools to unlock the disk and retrieve the files.
  >
  >I have not tried the program on pianosoft diskettes, but I have no reason
  >to doubt that it would not work...I have yet to encounter a dd disk the
  >program could not open, and I tried several dozen!
  >
  >Thank you midi magic for making this happen.
  >
  >And thank you to the developer of eseq to midi...I want to thank you also
  >personally, even though I do not know your name
  >
  >Your programs are a godsend!!
  >
  >How lucky to have this DUG discussion group
  >
  >My 10 year old disklavier is now only 1 generation behind...while I
cannot
  >make it a silent piano or get it to play the new CD's, it is as versatile
  >a player piano in 2003 as I hoped it could ever be!!
  >
  >Yamaha should seriously consider putting the XG upgrade kit back into
  >continuous production for the benefit of earlier Disklavier owners!!
  >
  >Thank you all for your time
  >
  >Sheldon Deluty
  >
  >-----Original Message-----
  >From: midi_magic2000 [mailto:magic_midi@...]
  >Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:25 PM
  >To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
  >Subject: [disklavier] RootARipper & RipARoot
  >
  >Hi All
  >
  >They are HERE, at last. Well I've had them for a while now but now we
  >can pass them on.
  >
  >A very good friend of mine has just finished writing two small
  >utilities for "floppy disk recovery" that may be of interest to the
  >group.
  >Both of these are Freeware. Please send me your feedback as it is
  >nice to know how well they perform.
  >
  >Basically they will read a floppy that has a bad or missing boot
  >sector, taking the files from the root directory and saving them to
  >your HDD.
  >One is for NT, 2000 and XP and the other is for DOS. Sorry, but we do
  >not have it working for Win 95, 98 nor ME yet.
  >
  >DKVCOPY and Giebler will work but  you must use 720K disks. They will
  >NOT read or work with 1.44M disks. These programs will work with 720K
  >and 1.44M disks.
  >
  >RootARipper works for NT, 2000 and XP
  >RipARoot    Works for DOS
  >
  >NO MORE HAVING TO USE 720K Disks.
  >
  >I have posted them to the files section.
  >
  >Midi Magic
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >To Post a message to the group, send it to:   disklavier@...
  >
  >To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's founder and
  >moderator, send it to:
  >disklavier-owner@...
  >
  >To reach our group's web site go to:

><http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier>http://Yahoogroups.com/group/diskl
avier
  >
  >Todd's family web site was completely updated 01/15/03.  It contains some
  >fun disklavier content and links to midi sites among many other things,
  >The url is:
  ><http://MuncyFamily.com>http://MuncyFamily.com
  >
  >THINKING OF LEAVING THE GROUP?
  >If you are thinking of unsubcribing because you are getting too much
mail,
  >go the the web site and change your email delivery option instead.  That
  >will fix the problem, while maintaining your access to the group.  If you
  >insist on leaving us completely send a blank email to:
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avier
  >
  >Todd's family web site was completely updated 01/15/03.  It contains some
  >fun disklavier content and links to midi sites among many other things,
  >The url is:
  ><http://MuncyFamily.com>http://MuncyFamily.com
  >
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fun disklavier content and links to midi sites among many other things, The
url is:
  http://MuncyFamily.com

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RE: [disklavier] RootARipper & RipARoot

2003-11-20 by Todd Muncy

This is the best upload contribution since the dkvutil suite!  It's a
major improvement over dkvcopy that is elegant in its simplicity.  You
can back up your entire Pianosoft collection to the hard drive in a
fraction of the time it used to take. I would then recommend burning the
collection to a CD for a permanent backup.  Now your heart won't skip a
beat the next time you discover the kids left refrigerator magnets on
top of the floppy storage box, or they misplace your favorite disk.

Bravo and thanks again.  

Here's a timely reminder to newer members who haven't heard this
already.  Never upload Yamaha Pianosoft, or other copyrighted
performances to the "Files" section of the group site.  This is a
fantastic tool for backups and for producing extra long play or
composite mix disks.  It's also great for listening to your favorite
disks from your desktop at the office or your laptop on a plane.  It is
not to be used as a burglar's tool!
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-----Original Message-----
From: midi_magic2000 [mailto:magic_midi@...] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:25 PM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [disklavier] RootARipper & RipARoot

Hi All

They are HERE, at last. Well I've had them for a while now but now we 
can pass them on.

A very good friend of mine has just finished writing two small 
utilities for "floppy disk recovery" that may be of interest to the 
group.
Both of these are Freeware. Please send me your feedback as it is 
nice to know how well they perform.
 
Basically they will read a floppy that has a bad or missing boot 
sector, taking the files from the root directory and saving them to 
your HDD.
One is for NT, 2000 and XP and the other is for DOS. Sorry, but we do 
not have it working for Win 95, 98 nor ME yet.
 
DKVCOPY and Giebler will work but  you must use 720K disks. They will 
NOT read or work with 1.44M disks. These programs will work with 720K 
and 1.44M disks.

RootARipper works for NT, 2000 and XP
RipARoot    Works for DOS 

NO MORE HAVING TO USE 720K Disks.

I have posted them to the files section.

Midi Magic





To Post a message to the group, send it to:   disklavier@...

To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's founder and
moderator, send it to:
disklavier-owner@...

To reach our group's web site go to:
http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier

Todd's family web site was completely updated 01/15/03.  It contains
some fun disklavier content and links to midi sites among many other
things, The url is:
http://MuncyFamily.com 

THINKING OF LEAVING THE GROUP?
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mail, go the the web site and change your email delivery option instead.
That will fix the problem, while maintaining your access to the group.
If you insist on leaving us completely send a blank email to:
disklavier-unsubscribe@... 

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RE: [disklavier] RootARipper & RipARoot

2003-11-20 by Chine-Chine Wang

This is the best group not only because of its rich resources but the many 
knowledgeable members who are eager to help... no offense taken but it 
wouldn't have been fair to see some other group being credited for all this.

Record all straight except for the "Mr" part you put before my name;-)

CCW


At 02:11 PM 11/20/2003, you wrote:
Show quoted textHide quoted text
>my sincerest apologies if i offended anyone
>
>i do not know who is the person behind the midi magic pseudonym so kudos 
>to him/her
>
>and a special thank you to mr. todd muncy and the programmer(s) who wrote 
>the conversion utilities for the yahoo disklavier group
>
>i hope that sets the record straignht for mr. wang
>
>sheldon deluty
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Chine-Chine Wang [mailto:chine@...]
>Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 11:32 AM
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RE: [disklavier] RootARipper & RipARoot
>
>Hey Sheldon,
>
>The wonderful software tools you mentioned are NOT from DUG!!  DUG is
>Yamaha founded (or "funded") and would never allow utilities that can copy
>PianoSoft disks, even for legitimate reasons.  Credits should go to the
>right group, the Yahoo Disklavier Group founded by Todd Muncy, and the
>members who contribute to it.
>
>CCW
>
>
>At 09:41 AM 11/20/2003, you wrote:
> >Hallelauyah!
> >
> >The Holy Grail has finally been grasped.
> >
> >I have had several dd disks which werer recorded almost 10 years ago on a
> >diskalvier Mark II by a friend in Yamaha *.fil  (eseq)  format
> >
> >Years ago I converted the files via Giebler and backed up those converted
> >files to an earlier Hard Drive which is now dearly departed.
> >
> >So all I have left are these old dd disk
> >
> >Anyway, because of the vagaries of XP, I could never open these particular
> >disks...my OS kept saying the disks were unformatted.
> >
> >Even using the patched Giebler in DOS or Giebler under CPU killer, I simpy
> >could not get theses disks to open and reveal their contents!
> >
> >As a consequence, these "*.fil" files were "locked" on these disks...I
> >thought forever.
> >
> >Along come the magicians of the DUG and provide the 2 solutions to my 
> problem:
> >
> >1. "Rootaripper" which magically reads these dd disks under XP and
> >captures the *.fil to a destination on my hard drive.
> >
> >2. The eseq to midi converter utility (I could have used Giebler under CPU
> >killer but I wanted to try the easier route) which converted the *.fil to
> >*.mid
> >
> >And guess what? IT WORKED!!
> >
> >I have now successfully retrieved all of the eseq files I had on all my of
> >my old dd disks...I went through all of them and I even found some files
> >on some old dd disks that I did not even know I still had!!
> >
> >Having upgraded my Mark II several months ago with a new  XG controller
> >unit, I am now officially free of the unwieldy and user-unfriendly DOS,
> >Giebler, *.fil and *.esq system
> >
> >But, if I ever encounter one of those files again from an old dd disk, I
> >now have the tools to unlock the disk and retrieve the files.
> >
> >I have not tried the program on pianosoft diskettes, but I have no reason
> >to doubt that it would not work...I have yet to encounter a dd disk the
> >program could not open, and I tried several dozen!
> >
> >Thank you midi magic for making this happen.
> >
> >And thank you to the developer of eseq to midi...I want to thank you also
> >personally, even though I do not know your name
> >
> >Your programs are a godsend!!
> >
> >How lucky to have this DUG discussion group
> >
> >My 10 year old disklavier is now only 1 generation behind...while I cannot
> >make it a silent piano or get it to play the new CD's, it is as versatile
> >a player piano in 2003 as I hoped it could ever be!!
> >
> >Yamaha should seriously consider putting the XG upgrade kit back into
> >continuous production for the benefit of earlier Disklavier owners!!
> >
> >Thank you all for your time
> >
> >Sheldon Deluty
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: midi_magic2000 [mailto:magic_midi@...]
> >Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:25 PM
> >To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [disklavier] RootARipper & RipARoot
> >
> >Hi All
> >
> >They are HERE, at last. Well I've had them for a while now but now we
> >can pass them on.
> >
> >A very good friend of mine has just finished writing two small
> >utilities for "floppy disk recovery" that may be of interest to the
> >group.
> >Both of these are Freeware. Please send me your feedback as it is
> >nice to know how well they perform.
> >
> >Basically they will read a floppy that has a bad or missing boot
> >sector, taking the files from the root directory and saving them to
> >your HDD.
> >One is for NT, 2000 and XP and the other is for DOS. Sorry, but we do
> >not have it working for Win 95, 98 nor ME yet.
> >
> >DKVCOPY and Giebler will work but  you must use 720K disks. They will
> >NOT read or work with 1.44M disks. These programs will work with 720K
> >and 1.44M disks.
> >
> >RootARipper works for NT, 2000 and XP
> >RipARoot    Works for DOS
> >
> >NO MORE HAVING TO USE 720K Disks.
> >
> >I have posted them to the files section.
> >
> >Midi Magic
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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