8 Mar
2011
8 Mar
'11
11:04 a.m.
Am 08.03.2011 um 14:28 schrieb Robbie Dude:
I JUST got a used S 550. Course it
only came with 1 disk (utility) I found your site and have
downloaded the OS
(tried a few of them) and I just can't seem to get it to load.
The OS can be included on any disk containing samples. You should be
able to boot the S-550 from the utility disk as well. Of course you
can't boot from disks with the S-50 or S-330 OS on them.
I am using a 1.44 drive to make the floppy's.
Maybe this is the problem? Are you using 1.44MB or 720kB floppies?
I remember that 1.44MB worked well with my S-330 (formatted to 720kB
of course), but when creating them on a computer with a 1.44MB drive
from a disk image I had to cover the small hole in the floppy (not
the write protect hole, the other one) with tape.
I also remember that often the S-330 booted from some floppies only
after several attempts. If you happen to get the S-550 booted, get a
bunch of floppies and format them/write the OS to them on the sampler
itself. Maybe it's easier with floppies formatted on the same drive.
Ingo