Emax

I've found that you can use HD disks OK if you use an HD drive.  It's a bit
tricky to get it to work though.
I haven't tried connecting an high density floppy to my Emax II as (touch
wood) its floppy seems OK just now.  The connectors are slightly different
from a standard PC drive IIRC.
What we have here is a Shugart interface, y'see...  They use a different
system for signalling "drive ready" and "motor start".
Other kit that use Shugart floppies include Ensoniq Mirage (my other
sampler), SQ-80, possibly VFX-SD and EPS samplers, and the Casio FZ range.
I'm not sure about the Yamaha DX7][-FD, but I suspect it's the same.  I
would in fact expect almost any mid-80's DD-using synth to use Shugart
instead of PC.

What to do?

Go to Rainer Buchty's website (http://www.buchty.net), follow the Casio
links, and read up on how to make a cable.  This ought to help those of you
with dead floppy drives, and will allow these crumbling dinosaurs to use
cheaply available HD floppies.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Keeble <rob@...>
To: emax@yahoogroups.com <emax@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, March 16, 2001 8:01 AM
Subject: RE: [emax] Making floppies from .em2 files

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>The advice on using EMX is entirely correct. It is essential it is run
under DOS, and that new >DS/DD diskettes are used. HD diskettes will not
work, they have a different number of tracks and >the media has slightly
different magnetic properties.