Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Hi All

one thing we all tend to forget is CLEANING the disk drive.  My last 
Sd-1 used to ignore disks every now and then, I have a Verbatim 3.5" 
cleaning kit ("wet" style - NEVER use a dry one!!).  When ever it 
started failing to read a disk, I would break out the cleaning kit, give 
it a number of cleans, wait a while until it had dried, then off it went 
- perfect!! Good for another year or so. 

Some of our relics in this group must have drives that haven't been 
cleaned for 15 years or more!!!!! And they get worse with less use not 
more!! If you tend to use ram packs or a computer for data storage , and 
make very little use of the drive, the drive head will oxidise up of 
it's own accord.  Spinning a disk over the head in normal regular use 
does a bit of the routine maintainance for you.

Try that, you may get a very pleasant surprise!

cheers

Roger