8 Mar
2011
8 Mar
'11
8:28 a.m.
Hey guys ( and gals? ) My name is Robert, 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. I keep
getting disk errors. (on the S 550) I've cracked up the box and took the
cover off the floppy drive and cleaned the head with a q-tip dipped in
alcohol and still nothing. I am using a 1.44 drive to make the floppy's.
Running Win XP. I do have a a win 98 box. I also have a S-50 in storage. I
have many old floppy's for the S-50 as well.
I godda say I've always loved Roland. The sounds they make are always nice,
rich and warm. I'm looking forward to getting this sampler back up and
running, but I fear I might need a new floppy drive. :(
I'm going to go ahead and get some new media (ordering online can't find
them locally anymore) and try that.
Any advice is welcome.
feel free to add me to facebook if you like as I have quite a few synth's
and post pix of them here and there. (www.facebook.com/rob.n.kristien or
search via email addy therodsiks(a)gmail.com
Thanks for your time,
Rob
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8 Mar
8 Mar
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
11:38 a.m.
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:
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
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12:20 p.m.
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.
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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12:47 p.m.
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
1:20 p.m.
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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2:19 p.m.
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
3:29 p.m.
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:
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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