Vintage Synth Repair

Ssssshhhhh dont give away to many secrets!
Richard


In a message dated Mon, 6 May 2002 \ufffd4:10:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "jdb000001" <jdb000001@...> writes:

>--- In vintagesynthrepair@y..., "mishon53511" <mishon66@a...> wrote:
>> I am working on a 3.5 floppy drive replacement for all these 3.0 
>> quick disc machines like the older Akai, Roland and Korg units. 
>> Anyone know where I could get a copy of the Roland S10 sampler 
>> schematic?
>> Rich
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>Its been a long time since I've seen one of the 3" discs, but I seen 
>to recall that they use a single track that spirals in toward the 
>center, like an old vinyl record. \ufffdThe 3.5" floppy drives use 
>concentric circular tracks, which are separate from each other, and 
>each track is individually recorded. \ufffdThis would make it impossible 
>to simply plug the drive into the unit. \ufffdYou could use a small 
>computer between the unit and a floppy, having the computer send and 
>receive data to the synth in the 3" disc format, using its own memory 
>to temporily store the data, and then reading/writing to the 3.5" 
>floppy.
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