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Will this floppy emulator work in a disklavier system?

2011-01-23 by uhhmmmmmmmmmm

I was wondering if a floppy drive emulator would work in a disklavier, replacing the existing 3.5" fdd.

I saw these for sale on ebay:

beige
http://cgi.ebay.com/Simulate-floppy-usb-SWF-/250747112370?pt=BI_Textile_Equipmen\t&hash=item3a61b14bb2

black
http://cgi.ebay.com/Floppy-USB-Emulator-Staubli-Bonas-Happy-Tajima-SWF-/30051718\7394?pt=PCC_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item45f8385f42

This emulator fools your machine to think it is hooked up to a 1.44mb floppy disk. The zip drive you insert can be any size, but you have to set up folders on the zip drive each no bigger than 1.44mb. Then, you essentially have a number of floppies you can switch to using the buttons on the device faceplate. It's not the greatest solution since you have to switch virtual floppies with this and keep track of what's on which folder, but it still sounds more convenient than dealing with floppy disks.  Plus, if you have a bad floppy drive, it might be preferable to replace it with one of these.

Are the disklavier floppy drives anything special or are they really just generic pc drives?

--Ron

Re: Will this floppy emulator work in a disklavier system?

2011-01-23 by Joan

Not sure if this will help.

Ron do you have Mark IV disklavier system with the CD player as a device on your piano?

You can put your midis in folders on a CD and play them from the CD on a Mark IV.


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "uhhmmmmmmmmmm" <ronjong@...> wrote:

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> I was wondering if a floppy drive emulator would work in a disklavier, replacing the existing 3.5" fdd.
> 
> I saw these for sale on ebay:
> 
> beige
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Simulate-floppy-usb-SWF-/250747112370?pt=BI_Textile_Equipmen\t&hash=item3a61b14bb2
> 
> black
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Floppy-USB-Emulator-Staubli-Bonas-Happy-Tajima-SWF-/30051718\7394?pt=PCC_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item45f8385f42
> 
> This emulator fools your machine to think it is hooked up to a 1.44mb floppy disk. The zip drive you insert can be any size, but you have to set up folders on the zip drive each no bigger than 1.44mb. Then, you essentially have a number of floppies you can switch to using the buttons on the device faceplate. It's not the greatest solution since you have to switch virtual floppies with this and keep track of what's on which folder, but it still sounds more convenient than dealing with floppy disks.  Plus, if you have a bad floppy drive, it might be preferable to replace it with one of these.
> 
> Are the disklavier floppy drives anything special or are they really just generic pc drives?
> 
> --Ron
>

Re: Will this floppy emulator work in a disklavier system?

2011-02-05 by masterpatel

Did you try it out?  I too was considering changing the existing floppy to one of these.  They make them so they emulate a 720kb drive.  Looks like you can get them for about $75 shipped on ebay.

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Joan" <jheitzeb1@...> wrote:

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>
> Not sure if this will help.
> 
> Ron do you have Mark IV disklavier system with the CD player as a device on your piano?
> 
> You can put your midis in folders on a CD and play them from the CD on a Mark IV.
> 
> 
> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "uhhmmmmmmmmmm" <ronjong@> wrote:
> >
> > I was wondering if a floppy drive emulator would work in a disklavier, replacing the existing 3.5" fdd.
> > 
> > I saw these for sale on ebay:
> > 
> > beige
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/Simulate-floppy-usb-SWF-/250747112370?pt=BI_Textile_Equipmen\t&hash=item3a61b14bb2
> > 
> > black
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/Floppy-USB-Emulator-Staubli-Bonas-Happy-Tajima-SWF-/30051718\7394?pt=PCC_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item45f8385f42
> > 
> > This emulator fools your machine to think it is hooked up to a 1.44mb floppy disk. The zip drive you insert can be any size, but you have to set up folders on the zip drive each no bigger than 1.44mb. Then, you essentially have a number of floppies you can switch to using the buttons on the device faceplate. It's not the greatest solution since you have to switch virtual floppies with this and keep track of what's on which folder, but it still sounds more convenient than dealing with floppy disks.  Plus, if you have a bad floppy drive, it might be preferable to replace it with one of these.
> > 
> > Are the disklavier floppy drives anything special or are they really just generic pc drives?
> > 
> > --Ron
> >
>

Re: Will this floppy emulator work in a disklavier system?

2011-02-10 by celestial_play

What follows is what I was able to learn from the emulator people. Who wants to give it a try and report back to the group? This could be a wonderful solution for our older Disklaviers.


You have a Shugart 720kb drive. 
The jumper settings are FG, DS0, RY34, HA.

I think our version 0202042-3 is working with your Yamaha.
But I can't give you a guarantee.

Please note that with the purchase of equipment we allow a two-week right of return if 
the equipment is not compatible with your application. 

For returned equipment a charge of EUR 25.00 per piece will be applied to cover the cost 
of logistics.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Best regards
Harald Kreidl

ipcas GmbH
Gundstraße 15
91056 Erlangen, Germany
Tel.: +49 9131 7677-38
Fax: +49 9131 7677-78
mailto:Harald.Kreidl@...


--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "masterpatel" <masterpatel@...> wrote:

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>
> Did you try it out?  I too was considering changing the existing floppy to one of these.  They make them so they emulate a 720kb drive.  Looks like you can get them for about $75 shipped on ebay.
> 
> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "Joan" <jheitzeb1@> wrote:
> >
> > Not sure if this will help.
> > 
> > Ron do you have Mark IV disklavier system with the CD player as a device on your piano?
> > 
> > You can put your midis in folders on a CD and play them from the CD on a Mark IV.
> > 
> > 
> > --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "uhhmmmmmmmmmm" <ronjong@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I was wondering if a floppy drive emulator would work in a disklavier, replacing the existing 3.5" fdd.
> > > 
> > > I saw these for sale on ebay:
> > > 
> > > beige
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/Simulate-floppy-usb-SWF-/250747112370?pt=BI_Textile_Equipmen\t&hash=item3a61b14bb2
> > > 
> > > black
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/Floppy-USB-Emulator-Staubli-Bonas-Happy-Tajima-SWF-/30051718\7394?pt=PCC_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item45f8385f42
> > > 
> > > This emulator fools your machine to think it is hooked up to a 1.44mb floppy disk. The zip drive you insert can be any size, but you have to set up folders on the zip drive each no bigger than 1.44mb. Then, you essentially have a number of floppies you can switch to using the buttons on the device faceplate. It's not the greatest solution since you have to switch virtual floppies with this and keep track of what's on which folder, but it still sounds more convenient than dealing with floppy disks.  Plus, if you have a bad floppy drive, it might be preferable to replace it with one of these.
> > > 
> > > Are the disklavier floppy drives anything special or are they really just generic pc drives?
> > > 
> > > --Ron
> > >
> >
>