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Re: [disklavier] Re: MX100A floppy drive replacement...

2016-02-12 by Skanter123

AFAIK, Yamaha floppy drive is proprietary, you cannot use other drives.

Sam Kanter
www.keyboardcollective.com








> On Feb 12, 2016, at 3:56 PM, 'PEOPLES, SAM' SPEOPL200@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> I think you can still get DD floppy drives from Ebay and other places or an older computer.  I don’t know if an HD drive would work you could try though and see if it works.
> 
> Sent from Windows Mail
> 
> From: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎12‎ ‎February‎ ‎2016 ‎20‎:‎52
> To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> 
>  
> Wow... thanks so much for all the replies so far.  I'll definitely try the bypass method when I get home and report back on whether it worked on my MX100A.  I've also contacted Yamaha, so hopefully they'll get back to me soon with how I can order a new FDD.
> 
> 
> Sam... I'm pretty sure it's not just a standard FDD.  At the very least, it's only DD (double density), and most floppy drives available now are HD (high density).
> 
> I'll be sure to report back my progress, and if anyone else has had this problem and successfully repaired it, I'd love to hear from you.
> 
> ~ Will
> 
> P.S.  Jeff... are you REALLY responding from an Apple Newton?!?
> 
>

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