Disklavier

Past posts have noted that is not directly compatible with standard ide 
floppy drives. Many DKs have a Panasonic floppy. A while back, someone 
was looking for a replacement drive and it came up that the Panasonic 
has something unique in its settings. I did a search at the time and 
found someone who had access to the Panasonic drives and knew how to 
make the modification to adapt it to older DKs. Maybe there is a dip 
switch or jumpers that need to be set. I have some old 1.44 drrives and 
I see that one of them has a break off tab that makes it compatible with 
an different cable. This may be the solution. If you took your drive to 
a computer shop that has been around since days of old, they might 
recognize the difference. The issue is about density. You model number 
ends in MD. Maybe that means medium density.
Check with these people. They fix floppy drives. 
http://www.mfarris.com/floppy/mitsubishi1.html

Mark in Idaho


Paul J wrote:
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> Is the floppy dirve special or is it the same as the other gazzilion 
> drives made?
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> paul
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> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com [mailto:disklavier@yahoogroups.com] 
> *On Behalf Of *Mark
> *Sent:* Sunday, December 09, 2007 2:32 PM
> *To:* disklavier@yahoogroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: [disklavier] Replacement for damaged Floppy Disk Drive 
> in DKC100R
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> Check this place. maybe they can help with a floppy disk drive.
> http://www.hometown.aol.com/mishon66/Drives1.html 
> <http://www.hometown.aol.com/mishon66/Drives1.html>
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> urakit.satcharattanachot wrote:
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> > 09/12/2007
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > The Floppy Disk Drive in control unit DKC100R of my Yamaha Disklavier
> > HQ100Wn (serial no. 5244075) is no longer working. This Floppy Disk
> > Drive is model MF355E-492MD from Mitsubishi.
> > Can anyone tell me where I can buy a spare unit ?
> >
> > I think my Floppy Disk Drive is rather old and will be difficult to find.
> > Can anyone tell me what other newer models can be installed in place of
> > my old Floppy Disk Drive ?
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Surakit
> >
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