From Kenny Balys Sent Sun, Apr 21st 2019, 15:32
From Kenny Balys Sent Sun, Apr 21st 2019, 15:32
EMXP is a very powerful universal floppy disk utility. I have a PC in the corner that exists solely for the purpose of pulling data off of aging floppy disks. Have been on a relentless campaign to eliminate all floppies from my life. There is only one company left in the world making them. They now irritating curiosities. They got us to here. Using them now is (to me) like leaving the scaffolding up around a new home after building it. I have handled everything from 8" single sided to 3.5" 800K to 79K 5.25" and blech!!!! Floppies! Gross!!! My Emax, MPC 2000XL, ASR-X, Atari 520ST and Acorn Model-B are all running solid state memory systems. Its so nice. Pi1541 is an incredible piece of work and tool in the war against floppies. Down with floppies!!!!! On 21.04.19 13:07 , Me wrote: > Can confirm Pi1541 works 100% on SP12. It's a brilliant piece of engineering/programming wizardry. > > There's a thread on gearslutz about it: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-and-electronic-music-production/1049320-emu-sp-12-emxp-2.html > > Never tried EMXP but that surely works fine too according to all accounts. Not sure which is faster though as they both run at 1980s baud rates. > > > > > > >> On 20 Apr 2019, at 22:41, David Bivins <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I used to have a 1541 drive for my SP-12, which was fine. I don't have it anymore. It seems that there isn't a drop-in solid-state/CF/SD card solution at this point. There is the Water's Edge Software librarian which attracts me, but I'd have to invest in a vintage Mac for it. >> >> Is there a replacement storage option as there is for the Emulator II? >> Is there a way to trick the Water's Edge librarian to work in a virtual machine? >> Is saving WAV files to my Mac as if it's a cassette recorder practical? The wait isn't that much of an issue. I believe Craig Anderton told us to make a sandwich during the saving/loading process in the original manual. >> Has anyone used the 1541 emulator with an SP-12? >> >> If any of you use the SP-12 regularly, please reply with your workflow if you like it. I used to use my SP-12 daily, and I think it's time to start using it heavily again. >> >> Thanks, >> >> David > >