[sdiy] Roland S-50

[cheater cheater]

<show off>
I have a vintage 386 Olivetti server. I don't think it has one smt part in it!
The motherboard is single-layer too. (and, it has two "motherboards!"
- one of them is the typical expansion for actually inserting ISA/EISA
cards and whatnot)
Also you can jump on top of it and it won't get a dent.
And when i turn it on, it sounds like a jet taking off 8)
</show off>

cheerS,
D. 8)

On 10/13/05, Chris Strellis <Chris at crystalvision.tv> wrote:
> Hi Kyle,
>
> > I found the updated (v2.0) OS file, S50V20.out,
> > however I don't know how format a floppy to the S-50
> > format nor how to get the file on the disc (I don't
> > think it's as simple as dragging it onto a properly
> > formated disk...).
> >
> > Anyone know how to do this/have an S-50 OS disk?
>
> You need a program called SAMDISK.EXE and/or SDISK.EXE.  They were written for this purpose.  I'll email them to you - they are small.  Sometimes you may have a problem with one or the other so try both.
>
> I've used these to make S330 disks sucessfully.
>
> However, you need preferrably an old pc, 386/486 vintage and need to run DOS natively not a DOS window in XP or whatever.  If you don't have an old PC - get one from ebay - cheap!  You'll need it to support your vintage sampler!
>
> Check your inbox :D
>
> Chris
>