I have a 1992 Yamaha SY85, which I haven't touched for at least ten years. Having recently decided to get back into playing and recording, I fired up the synth to see if it still worked.
All the sounds are still in memory from the last time I used it, and it seems to play as well as ever. However, there's a problem with the disk drive. When I try to access a disk, the drive whirrs for a second, then comes up with a 'disk not ready' error message. I'm not sure at this point whether the disks have aged beyond being readable, or whether it's the drive itself. I'll buy some new floppies to see if it can at least format them, but in the meantime, I thought I'd just ask if anyone has had any experience with this sort of thing?
I do have a CD I burned years ago with the original soundsets on, and a few others. If the drive is broken, can I dump these over midi to the synth?
*edit* Having done a bit of research, it now sounds like the problem may well be the drive belt. I've found a place in America which sells them, but I'm in the UK. Anyone know of a place in the UK which sells drive belts?
All the sounds are still in memory from the last time I used it, and it seems to play as well as ever. However, there's a problem with the disk drive. When I try to access a disk, the drive whirrs for a second, then comes up with a 'disk not ready' error message. I'm not sure at this point whether the disks have aged beyond being readable, or whether it's the drive itself. I'll buy some new floppies to see if it can at least format them, but in the meantime, I thought I'd just ask if anyone has had any experience with this sort of thing?
I do have a CD I burned years ago with the original soundsets on, and a few others. If the drive is broken, can I dump these over midi to the synth?
*edit* Having done a bit of research, it now sounds like the problem may well be the drive belt. I've found a place in America which sells them, but I'm in the UK. Anyone know of a place in the UK which sells drive belts?
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