[sdiy] Yamaha GS/CS card reader?

[Tim Parkhurst]

I think the CS-40m used the same funky little mag card reader.
Unfortunately, both the CS-40m and the CS-70m are about as common as hen's
teeth. Perhaps a modern magnetic 'credit card' reader could be adapted to
read and write the GS-2 cards? There's a great magazine out (just had its
first issue) called "Make" that is FULL of neat DIY stuff. One of the
articles was about someone hacking together a mag card reader, and includes
lists of hardware and software vendors. Make is an expensive magazine (about
$US14 I think), but definitely worth a read. They also have an article about
attaching a single-use camera to a kite to get aerial photos on the cheap.
Cool stuff.


Tim (remembers when "swiping a card" would get you thrown in jail) Servo

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Senso [mailto:senso at dds.nl]
> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 4:00 PM
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: [sdiy] Yamaha GS/CS card reader?
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> Sorry for cross-posting but there was no reaction on AH , so maybe
> someone here can give me some hints.
> 
> 
> So what do you do if your GS-2 refuses to load sounds because of a
> broken card reader and trashing the GS is not your first choice?
> AFAIK the reader in question is a K-15913-93, made by Canon, and of
> course utterly unobtainable, except by mugging an unsuspecting CS-70.
> 
> Does anybody know of *any* other machine(s) that made use of this
> awkward system? Especially non-synth equipment that could be
> persuaded to volunteer for an organ transplant?
> There's a very depressed pianist out there that would be forever
> grateful for some help.
> 
> Thanks,
> Senso
> 
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