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Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDX Harddisk operation

2005-08-24 by jesper@electronic-obsession.se

Shit - as weird as Casios way of using "data dump". Dump in my vocabulary is 
"getting rid of"!

electronically yours, jesper
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "flybot2000" <flybot2000@...>
To: <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:33 AM
Subject: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDX Harddisk operation


> Ah, yes, THAT was the trick!
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> The trouble with the SDX documentation was this: to save something,
> you use the FORMAT command, readily understood at Simmons to mean
> SAVING.
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> In America, the last thing you want to do is FORMAT a drive, because
> that wipes out everything. I actually had a phone discussion with a
> British engineer about this years ago.
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> So, with the SDX, don't fear the FORMAT command.
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> Jym
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> --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "tropeman2001"
> <troperecordings@t...> wrote:
>> Finally I found it out myself and in case someone is interested :
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>> To have both OS and Sounds/Patches on the HD, just save or copy with
>> FORMAT FIRST. This will make a new Disk on the HD each time you save
>> something. Works perfect now with my SDX 00016 (former Accept) :-)
>> Greetz, tph
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>> PS. Still searching for some of the original sounddisks for the SDX
>>     and the appendix documentation for the XSEQ and XEDIT.
>>     Any help will be appreciated :-)
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