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#40252 - 01/13/04 02:42 PM
Re: No More Technics (continued)
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Registered: 01/17/02
Posts: 403
Loc: United Kingdom
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Hi Alec,
Thanks for sharing. I'm amazed by it all. I left the field of electronics 19 years ago when I terminated my contract with Northrop Corporation and returned home from the Middle East. So, with your background, you will certainly appreciate that I am no longer current after a 19 year absence from the field. I have stayed computer literate and am learning to use the technology built into our keyboards, but like you, keyboard playing is mainly a hobby and form of relaxation for me. Having your technical expertise available to us is special, Alec, and I know I speak for all when I say "thank you" for being here for all of us. In order for me to get up to speed again, technologically speaking, I would have to return to school and at my age, that is out of the question. So I respect your expertise and thank you for sharing it so willingly.
Take care.
Chuck
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#40254 - 01/13/04 06:52 PM
Re: No More Technics (continued)
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Registered: 12/22/02
Posts: 5890
Loc: NSW,Australia
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Hi Audrey, I ended up copying mine to my computer, then burning them onto a cd rom ( I did a back up of the cd as well. I learnt the hard way, when I lost the data on quite a few floppies While I had them in storage. Another possibility if you don't have a cd burner , might be a zip drive ( if you happen to have one. Again, I suppose the zip disk could corrupt, too, so you'd want a couple of copies. The other option would be the sd card ( fairly expensive option) and you'd require a card reader ie you'd just use the sd card as a storage device, all you'd need to do ( using the computer is copy the files from floppy directly to sd card. The card wouldn't be useable in the kn as such, it's only for storage purposes. Again the problem is, an sd card may eventually fail. I noticed years back, that some Technics style files are hidden ie the floppy disk appears to be blank when brought up on the computer, I used to be able to remedy that, but I'm going to have to put my thinking cap on. Maybe they'd actually copy across anyway, but I'm not sure as I altered all my disks so that they did show up. Just wondering anyone, do CD's get corrupted data due to storage, if so I better do some more copies. best wishes Rikki Originally posted by Audrey Turner: Hi Everyone,
Like most of you other Forum members, I have had Technics for several years and have collected approximately 150 professional disks and numerous others of my own settings for both the PR pianos and keyboards so I guess in order to preserve them the best bet would be to save them to a specific SD card. How do others intend to preserve their collection? I'd be very interested to know, perhaps we could have a discussion on this.
Regards to all.
Aud
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SX900, Kawai es920 piano Band in a Box 2021 V Arranger/Ketron SD2
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#40261 - 01/14/04 01:49 PM
Re: No More Technics (continued)
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Senior Member
Registered: 12/22/02
Posts: 5890
Loc: NSW,Australia
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Hi Bill, thank you for the warning. I've mainly got cheap throw aways, so I might invest in a good brand for important stuff. Fortunately all my disks actually work in the kn7 and are on sd card ( I've probably got 10 backups of those ( haahaa)
I thought I might be leaving the forum earlier than I'd anticipated yesterday. A gum 10foot gum tree branch next door fell on the power lines just after I turned on my keyboard. Crackle sizzle pop ( power lines not kn), as the power slowly faded down. Had a worrying few hours till power was restored. Fortunately everything including the kn & computers were okay. I usually unplug all electrical appliances if a storms coming, but this branch just fell on a nice sunny day. SCARY The power didn't go down totally , just appeared to be at half strength, so it did'nt trip the switchboard protection. I think we call them brown outs , not blackouts.
best wishes Rikki
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bill Norrie: [B]Hi Rikki,
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