Vintage Synth Repair

Hi Everyone-

 

I have owned a Yamaha V50 since the early 90's.  I don't know if this
qualifies as "vintage" or not, but I'm having an issue replacing the
floppy drive for the unit.  It seems that this particular drive pulls
the power from the ribbon cable, rather than a separate power cable as
typically seen on a computer.  Has anyone found a drive or a way to
modify a standard floppy to work with the V50??  Replacements are scarce
from Yamaha and they want $240 for a drive!!  I'd much rather use a $30
drive from the computer store if possible!!

 

Any information would be most welcome.

 

Thanks-

 

 

Brian Bertrand

bbertrand@...