If you're looking for compatible floppy drives, I found that an "older style" high density drive (a Sony model) (small pin power connectors - compatible with the prophet power connector)worked just fine in my prophet (after a bit of random jumper-fiddling) and the prophet drive controller would format both high and low density disks through it - but you have to tape over the window opposite the write protect slider at the bottom of the disk to fool the drive into believing the HD disk is a single-density disk or it won't recognize it for read/write purposes (it doesn't matter if you have taped over this before or after you format the floppy, however, for some reason)- you don't need to find rare low-density disks, which is just as well... Ben > <html><body> > > > <tt> > The disk controller isn't wierd, just old. It's a western digital 1771. > <BR> > The problem may be that it's single density. I don't know if the <BR> > current PC controllers implement single density. You won't be able to > <BR> > read the disk through the dos file system. Your only hope is to access > <BR> > the PC hardware directly or perhaps through a low level BIOS interface. > <BR> > It would be easier to just dump it over midi.<BR> > Steve<BR> > <BR> > <BR> > <BR> > --- In prophet2000@y..., "andrew" <lists@f...> > wrote:<BR> > > The formatting is proprietry.<BR> > > The disk control chip is a weird one.<BR> > > You'll never be able to read the disks from a PC/Mac using only<BR> > > software.<BR> > > All you can do is transfer out the raw samples over MIDI.<BR> > > <BR> > > ac<BR> > > <BR> > > <BR> > > <BR> > > -> -----Original Message-----<BR> > > -> From: <BR> > > -> sentto-3497352-38-1008527103-lists=ftg.co.uk@r...<BR> > > -> ahoo.com <BR> > > -> > [mailto:sentto-3497352-38-1008527103-lists=ftg.co.uk@returns.<BR> > > -> groups.yahoo.com] On Behalf Of petermeyer_99<BR> > > -> Sent: 16 December 2001 18:25<BR> > > -> To: prophet2000@y...<BR> > > -> Subject: [prophet2000] Floppy file format of P2000?<BR> > > -> <BR> > > -> <BR> > > -> Does anybody know the floppy disk file format the P2000 uses? > I'd <BR> > > -> like to write a converter program to read all my old disks > and <BR> > > -> transfer them to my new sparkling HALion... :-)<BR> > > -> <BR> > > -> PM<BR> > > -> <BR> > > -> <BR> > > -> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <BR> > > -> ---------------------~--> Win a Capcom Console Game of > Your <BR> > > -> Choice Or Even a Capcom Arcade System. Click Here to Enter. > <BR> > > -> -> <a > href="http://us.click.yahoo.com/tmpz8B/exbDAA/ySSFAA/Q-">http://us.click.yahoo.c om/tmpz8B/exbDAA/ySSFAA/Q-</a>> > nLolB/TM<BR> > > -> <BR> > > -> <BR> > > -> <BR> > > -> > -------------------------------------------------------------<BR> > > -> --------~-><BR> > > -> <BR> > > -> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: <BR> > > -> prophet2000-unsubscribe@y...<BR> > > -> <BR> > > -> <BR> > > -> <BR> > > -> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to <BR> > > -> <a > href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/">http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/</a> > <BR> > > -> <BR> > > -> <BR> > > -><BR> > <BR> > <BR> > </tt> > > > <br> > <tt> > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:<BR> > prophet2000-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com<BR> > <BR> > </tt> > <br> > > <br> > <tt>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the <a > href="http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/">Yahoo! Terms of > Service</a>.</tt> > </br> > > </body></html> > >
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Re: [prophet2000] Re: Floppy file format of P2000?
2001-12-21 by menadue@dial.pipex.com