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karmathanever
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 Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 2:28 am Post subject: Get rid of those floppy diskettes!!! |
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Hi all
I am sure you are all aware of the great "karma-lab" forums but just in case you weren't aware, there is a great solution to the extinct diskette drive.
I have replaced mine and now have the luxury of having all my diskettes on one USB thumb drive.
See here for details and some great supporting documentation:-
http://www.karma-lab.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16284
Cheers
Pete 
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Kevin Nolan
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Hi Pete -
Thanks a million for the pointer - this is excellent news. I wonder - will this work with older synths like the T3, O1/W, SY77 and SY99?
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karmathanever
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Hey Kevin
This emulator may well work in those other keyboards - I have just ordered another one to install in my Yamaha QY700. Do some googling and maybe check the forums (Yam and Korg) - hopefully you will get some answers.
I made some notes when replacing my Karma floppy drive and I am happy to share those with you if you decide to get one - just let me know.
Good luck
Pete
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GrahamBanks
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Location: Washington, USA
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| Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:35 pm Post subject: Diskette size |
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Hey this sounds like a great solution. I am going to order one for my karma and one for my Kurzweil k2500. Can any one answer two questions:
Is each virtual floppy limited to 1.5 MB or can you put larger files on? This will be an issue on the k2500.
Also, will I be able to update my karma firmware with this. My floppy drive has gotten too buggy.
Oh and one more. Is there a Mac option for formatting the USB drive?
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karmathanever
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Hi Graham
No - the emulator just presents itself as a 1.5MB floppy (but 100 of them!!!!)
Yes - firmware updates work fine - the Karma does not know that it is NOT a floppy drive and will boot from it provided you copy all the firmware files exactly as they would appear on a real floppy.
As far as I know there is no Mac formatting tool for it so just get Oracle's Virtualbox (free) or VM-Fusion or Parallels and create yourself a basic XP virtual machine - solves ALL my "NEVER-WANT-WINDOWS-AGAIN" problems.
Good luck - the emulator is great - I put one in my Yamaha QY700 - given it a new lease of life!!!
Cheers
Pete
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