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["David R. Matusiak" <dave AT matusiak.org>]

well, at least the data still exits on the floppy, right?  that is good 
news.  you can try importing it onto computers (i'd recommend a Mac 
unless someone has another specific HW/SW recommendation), but my 
suggestion would be to try and find someone with a relatively close (or 
exact) Yamaha machine with floppy and read it via their device ONTO 
something else (like tape media or minidisc).  hopefully they will be 
nice enough to not charge you for a brief use of their keyboard.

maybe check some of the instrument shops around carrboro/CH?
good luck saving the music!!
dave ;)

On Friday, May 16, 2003, at 03:09  PM, B wrote:

> I knew some of y'all would have suggestions! You're such a smart 
> list....
>
> I am sorry. I not only was not clear, my own impression was incorrect: 
> The Yamaha is indeed an older unit -- <>'80s -- with a broken floppy 
> disk drive and a card slot that goes unused (no card available). The 
> data for the music exists on an aging floppy disk (argh!) that 
> apparently is useless for anything other than playing on a (repaired) 
> Yamaha Synthesizer.
>
> So, how do I get that information off of the floppy without screwing 
> up the floppy? Can it be just copied to one or several of our 
> computers? (I have a strong sense of deja vu and dimly remember 
> getting "no eof mark" errors when I consider doing this on Win 
> machines....)
>
> ???
> "B"