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Does anybody know the floppy disk file format the P2000 uses? I'd 
like to write a converter program to read all my old disks and 
transfer them to my new sparkling HALion... :-)

    PM

The formatting is proprietry.
The disk control chip is a weird one.
You'll never be able to read the disks from a PC/Mac using only
software.
All you can do is transfer out the raw samples over MIDI.

ac



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The disk controller isn't wierd, just old. It's a western digital 1771. 
The problem may be that it's single density. I don't know if the 
current PC controllers implement single density. You won't be able to 
read the disk through the dos file system. Your only hope is to access 
the PC hardware directly or perhaps through a low level BIOS interface. 
It would be easier to just dump it over midi.
Steve
 


--- In prophet2000@y..., "andrew" <lists@f...> wrote:

> The formatting is proprietry.
> The disk control chip is a weird one.
> You'll never be able to read the disks from a PC/Mac using only
> software.
> All you can do is transfer out the raw samples over MIDI.
> 
> ac
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> -> Subject: [prophet2000] Floppy file format of P2000?
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> -> Does anybody know the floppy disk file format the P2000 uses? I'd 
> -> like to write a converter program to read all my old disks and 
> -> transfer them to my new sparkling HALion... :-)
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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


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> 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>
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> > <BR>
> > <BR>
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> > -> Subject: [prophet2000] Floppy file format of P2000?<BR>
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> > -> 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
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