9 Mar
2011
9 Mar
'11
12:54 a.m.
the tape thing on my PC isn't working. swdisk doesn't like it at all and
pops up an error when I try to write a .out file to it. Also, windows wants
to format it and it pops up and error as well. I'll check the win98 box and
see how it runs on that. I just talked with my brother, he has a box with a
TON (like 50) of my floppy's as well as 12 floppy drives. My fingers are
crossed one of those drives will work on one of my PC's (I kinda have a lot
of um. :) ) couple of linux boxes as well. I DO happen to have ( just
found them in my storage) disks that are for the S 550. I'll see if one of
those boot.
How ofter do the drives go out on the sampler? What makes them go out? wear?
broken drive belt? (like on the V50's and SY77's) I can hear the drive
turn, and do it's thing... it just keep giving me "disk load error" after
about 20~30 seconds.
Thanks again for the help.
And yes, I'd buy your setup (if the price was right. :) )
Rob
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Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:20:34 -0500
From: jsegovia(a)mindspring.com
Subject: Re: [sgroup] Hello
To: Bruce Tovsky <bruce(a)skeletonhome.com>
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But be prepared for some nasty behavior if the S-550 ever finds out you've
been fooling it. You may load up your favorite synth bass sample at your
next big conservatory audition only to have the S-550 start playing Justin
Beiber's latest pop opus. :)
Welcome to the list, Robbie. Every once in a while the email lists
dedicated to old synths and samplers come alive with new members and new
content. Here's hoping this list will soon experience the same.
Jesse
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Date: 03/08/2011 11:50 AM
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ingo is correct - you need to "fool" the s-550 into thinking it is NOT a
high density disk by covering the hole. then you'll be fine.
b
p.s. - i am selling my full blown s-550 rig: s-550 w/SCSI card, roland
CD-ROM drive, Syquest drive, a ton of sample disks including three cd-roms
of samples. includes roland mouse but no monitor. best offer. i'll be
taking it to Rogue here in nyc soon so act now. ;-) i'd love to see
someone who's really a fan to get it.
On Mar 8, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Ingo Debus wrote:
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.
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.
--
Yeah
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 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
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
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Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:47:34 -0600
From: Garth Hjelte <garth(a)chickensys.com>
Subject: Re: [sgroup] Hello
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At 10:38 AM 3/8/2011, you wrote:
ingo is correct - you need to "fool" the
s-550 into thinking it is
NOT a high density disk by covering the hole. then you'll be fine.
DON'T!
A DS/HD floppy is of lower magnetic capacity then a DS/DD. If you
cover the hole, the drive will certainly think it's a DS/DD and
certainly write to it, but it's highly questionable if the disk will
retain the information reliably.
Just get some DS/DD floppies.
Garth Hjelte
Sampler User
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 13:20:42 -0500
From: Bruce Tovsky <bruce(a)skeletonhome.com>
Subject: Re: [sgroup] Hello
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in my experience i never ever had such a problem. i do agree that you are
taking a risk - you're messing around with something - but finding DS/DD
disks isn't easy these days.
ultimately with my setup i went to the syquest drive and copied all of my
samples to those removeables.
b
On Mar 8, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Garth Hjelte wrote:
At 10:38 AM 3/8/2011, you wrote:
> ingo is correct - you need to "fool" the s-550 into thinking it is NOT a
high density disk by covering the hole. then you'll be fine.
DON'T!
A DS/HD floppy is of lower magnetic capacity then a DS/DD. If you cover
the hole,
the drive will certainly think it's a DS/DD and certainly write to
it, but it's highly questionable if the disk will retain the information
reliably.
Just get some DS/DD floppies.
Garth Hjelte
Sampler User
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Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:19:54 -0600
From: Garth Hjelte <garth(a)chickensys.com>
Subject: Re: [sgroup] Hello
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At 12:20 PM 3/8/2011, you wrote:
in my experience i never ever had such a problem.
I know hundreds who lost lots of data this way. If you want to take
the risk, it's a CLint Eastwood "do you feel lucky?"
i do agree that you are taking a risk -
you're messing around with
something - but finding DS/DD disks isn't easy these days.
No, it's easy. www.floppydisk.com
Garth Hjelte
Sampler User
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 15:29:12 -0500
From: Bruce Tovsky <bruce(a)skeletonhome.com>
Subject: Re: [sgroup] Hello
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i've always been a pretty lucky guy. as i was getting ready to sell my s550
recently (sob!) i tested several disks -- both sd & hd - and they all worked
fine.
and i'm glad there's now a place to find the disks! it definitely wasn't
easy a decade ago.
b
On Mar 8, 2011, at 2:19 PM, Garth Hjelte wrote:
At 12:20 PM 3/8/2011, you wrote:
risk,
it's a CLint Eastwood "do you feel lucky?"
in my experience i never ever had such a problem.
I know hundreds who lost lots of data this way. If you want to take the
> i do agree that you are taking a risk - you're messing around with
something - but finding DS/DD disks isn't easy these days.
No, it's easy. www.floppydisk.com
Garth Hjelte
Sampler User
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:55:11 +1100
From: "CoolColJ" <coolcolj(a)optusnet.com.au>
Subject: [sgroup] MSX Mouse
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Just wondering, if a specific model MSX mouse will work with an S750-S770
or
can any MSX mouse do the job?
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 04:00:05 +0100
From: Sjaak de Vos <sjaakdevos(a)gmx.net>
Subject: Re: [sgroup] MSX Mouse
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If I think what the mouse is what it is it will destroy the circuit in
the sampler.
Serious - you need the Roland Mouse I recollect from memory at 4 o'
clock at night after a gig , or perhaps a rewired non Roland - lets wait
for the real experts on this list.
CoolColJ wrote:
Just wondering, if a specific model MSX mouse
will work with an S750-S770
or
can any MSX mouse do the job?
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 20:06:00 -0800 (PST)
From: dennis dodd <gtxdude(a)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [sgroup] MSX Mouse
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The MSX mouse standard was created back in the late 80's and was popular
with early Asian computer manufacturers. It never caught on and was pretty
much dead by the mid 90's. Any MSX mouse will work with Roland's equipment
without harm. They are fairly hard to find, and expensive. A scan of EBay
this evening showed only 4 available ranging from $60 to $100.
I believe that the mouse that Roland sold was OEM'ed from Panasonic.
Good luck...
From: Sjaak de Vos <sjaakdevos(a)gmx.net>
Subject: Re: [sgroup] MSX Mouse
To: sgroup(a)sgroup.ca
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 9:00 PM
If I think what the mouse is what it
is it will destroy the circuit in
the sampler.
Serious - you need the Roland Mouse I recollect from memory
at 4 o'
clock at night after a gig , or perhaps a rewired non
Roland - lets wait
for the real experts on this list.
CoolColJ wrote:
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Just wondering, if a specific model MSX mouse
will
work with an S750-S770 or
> can any MSX mouse do the job?