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  • From: burnett AT pobox.com
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: Re: [internetworkers] Getting something out of broken Yamaha Synthesizer disk drive
  • Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 15:23:55 -0400 (EDT)

B:

I recommend searching, say on google, for a maillist/yahoo group/message
board website that has information on, or users of, this older yamaha
synth, and asking a) if there are any utilities for a desktop computer
that allow you to work with the data on a floppy from your synth, or b)
if there's anyone out there with the same synth you can get to export the
data to a more useful format. Depending on the synth, one place to start
might be the Analogue Heaven maillist.

http://machines.hyperreal.org/Analogue-Heaven/

Steve
Subscape Annex
http://www.subscapeannex.com/


On Fri, 16 May 2003, 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"
>
> -------Original Message-------
> <...>
> >
> > sil,
>
> it sounds as if you are assuming an internal HD. i believe this is an
> older unit that probably only had a slot for a proprietary "RAM card" or
> at best a floppy disk drive.
>
> it sounds to me as if it's this floppy disk drive that has failed.
>
> my recommendations work on the assumpation that the song data still
> exists in persistent memory and that it is playable, but just needs to
> be extracted.
>
> --rt
>
>
> Sil Greene wrote:
>
> > RT makes a good point -- can you still access the drive? If so, his
> > suggestions might do the trick ... if not, read on...
> >
> > Best option is to find a data retrieval place that would do a bitwise
> > retrieval (essentially dd the data off to an image file). I don't know
> if
> > anyone offers that service, and the damage to the drive may make the
> data
> > unrecoverable. Even if you get an image, drive damage may have
> corrupted
> > something.
>
>
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