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« on: June 13, 2009, 06:08:11 PM »
Is this possible?  has anyone done it?  Would this be a bad thing for any reason?
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« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2009, 07:50:25 PM »
Quote from: PX-7 on June 13, 2009, 06:08:11 PM
Is this possible?  has anyone done it?  Would this be a bad thing for any reason?



sense there are a lot of samples usually stored on a 5.25 floppy disk you might need to purchase an oberheim dpx-1 to convert them all to 3.5 (i'm assuming it can do this with EII format?)
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« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2009, 02:30:09 AM »
If you have a Mac, it can maybe (has to be tried) even possible to do it with Alchemy by MIDI transfer or RS422.
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« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2009, 02:32:07 AM »
Look at this thread :

http://eiiiforum.com/index.php?topic=257.15
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« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2009, 05:01:16 AM »
I've been usind an EII with dual 3.5 drives with no problems (apart from the time it's taken to transfer everything over from 5.25!). The DPX-1 only saves to DPX format 3.5" disks - not EII format 3.5" disks, so I don't think that's an option. SD transfers from a Mac is the way to go.
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« Reply #5 on: June 15, 2009, 01:59:22 AM »
Quote from: PFM on June 14, 2009, 05:01:16 AM
...SD transfers from a Mac is the way to go.

That's right.
But .. I didn't know that it's possible to have an EII that also boots from 3,5"...
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« Reply #6 on: June 15, 2009, 01:21:55 PM »
The dual 3.5" has been working for me for over 10 years, and I've yet to experience any problems with the high density 3.5" disks - which are technically unsuitable as double density substitutes apparently; but covering the HD hole so that the EII drive sees it as a DD disk seems to be working still.
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