Disklavier

You can buy old laptops really, really cheap.  Anything that runs Windows98 
and older works just fine.  My favorite laptop for "backing up" my PianoSoft 
disks runs Windows 3.1 and has a hard drive with only 85 megabytes!  It's an 
old Toshiba Satellite, black and white screen and a 386 processor.  This 
computer will run any of the software utilities for the Disklavier.



Carol Beigel
crbrpt@...





>From: PianoBench@...
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [disklavier] Mac Compatible Software?
>Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 23:27:16 EDT
>
>Good evening, everyone.
>
>Regarding copying and converting protected Disklavier disks:
>
>In a message dated 7/7/03 9:46:26 PM, Rich writes in response to Holly:
>
><< > having found little additional information in the archives, is it 
>still
>the
>
> > case that a Mac person is out of luck, in trying to do all of this? What
>
> > options are there that are Mac compatible? Or do I just go buy a cheap
>Windows
>
> > laptop on Ebay and forget about it?
>
> >
>
> > -Holly
>
> >
>
>
>Holly\u2026
>
>
>When I absolutely HAVE to do Windows, I use a piece of Software called
>
>"Virtual PC" which runs windows and windows applications right on the Mac
>Desktop.
>
>Although I haven't used it with this specific software, I've had no problem
>
>running any windows applications with it. It runs about $200, kind of 
>pricey,
>but
>
>who wants a cheap windows laptop lying about the house anyway. >>
>
>I believe I am correct in saying that while certain Windows or DOS programs
>may run in emulation on the Mac, they will not be able to access the floppy
>drive hardware directly. For this reason, they will not be able to take a
>Yamaha-published Disklavier disk or song files downloaded from 
>YamahaMusicSoft.com to
>a floppy and read them. The reason is that these disks are missing a boot
>sector. Any program that is successful in reading these disks accesses the 
>PC
>floppy drive hardware directly--and this is not possible in emulation on 
>the Mac.
>
>Regards,
>PianoBench

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