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| Roland VA-76 Arranger Workstation | |
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This article describes the exchange of the Roland VA-76 Workstation' ZIP 100 IDE to a flash-drive. |
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Arranger Workstation VA-76 (Virtual Arranger) with Access Virus (Virtual Analog Synthesiser) on top. Problem: Musicians like it silent, when composing and nothing is more uncomfortable than teasing and disturbing sounds in a silenced studio. Unfortunately, the VA76 does exactly that with it's disk drive and floppy drive. |
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Transcend provides Flash-modules of disc-on-module type, which totally can replace common IDE drives. |
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For the VA-76, this might not be that easy with some modules:
First, the OS came out with en error "disk not found".
To slve this, the memory has to be configured correctly. It requires an exisiting partition and a valid FAT image written.
which exactly had to meet the ZIP-size. Formatting was done with raw copying by WinCommander, using an original Roland disk.
Roland VA-76 mit TransCend 256 MB Modul. |
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Update:
The drive has been replaced by a common IDE-Flash drive with exchangable cards.
Roland VA-76 mit SanDisc 128 MB Modul. |
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Now, it is time to change the floppy disk: |
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USB-Floppy drive for industrial solutions.
Now the Roland VA-76 is totally flashed. |
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Update: V999 Version of the drive |
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GOTEK offers a Version with 999 partitions |
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J.S.
November 2003 |
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