SQ-80 — Musician's Manual
Disk Functions
The SQ-80's disk functions are all handled from the Storage Page. Press the Storage (Disk)
utton to
get to this Page, then press the "Soft" button beneath DISK. When you select
DISK from the Storage
Page, the Display shows the Disk Storage Menu.
From here you select which of the 5 disk functions you want:
−
> DELETE — Allows you to delete (or remove) any file from the disk.
− > SAVE — Lets you save to disk 1) a single Sequence, 2) the entire Sequencer Memory, 3) a single
Program , 4) a bank of 40 Programs, or 5) System Exclusive data from a remote MIDI device or
devices. There are two ways to save data — SAVE NEW FILE, which creates a new file on the
disk, and UPDATE OLD FILE, which will save the selected data "over top of" an existing file.
− > LOAD — Lets you load from disk 1) a single Sequence, 2) the entire Sequencer Memory, 3)
a single Program , 4) a bank of 40 Programs, or 5) System Exclusive data for transmission to
a remote MIDI device or devices.
____ > COPY — Allows you to make a backup copy of a disk.
−
FORMAT —Formats a blank disk for use with the SQ-80. Since you have to do this before you
can perform almost any other disk function, we'll cover disk formatting first.
FORMAT — Formatting a Blank Disk
Before it can be used by the SQ-80 to store data, a disk must be formatted. Formatting puts information
on the disk which the
SQ-80 needs to read and write files. In addition to formatting a blank disk, the
Format procedure can be used to reformat a disk which has been used with some other device, such as
a personal computer. Note that any data (of whatever type) on a disk will be lost when the disk is
formatted by the
SQ-80.
To Format a Blank Disk:
− > Insert a blank, Double-Sided Double-Density 3.5" micro-floppy disk into the Disk Drive,
with the label-side facing up, and the metal shutter facing away from you. Make sure the plastic
Write-Protect tab is in the closed position (no light showing through the window).
____ > Press the
Storage button to go to the Storage Page.
− > Press
DISK. The Disk Storage menu appears (as shown earlier).
____ > Press
FORMAT.
____> The Display asks "FORMAT DISK INSERTED IN DRIVE." It also reminds you that "ALL
DISK FILES WIL
L BE LOST."
− > Press *YES* to proceed. (Pressing *NO* will return you to the Storage Page with no
harm done.)
− > While the SQ-80 is formatting the Disk the Display reads "FORMATTING DISK.,,"
The formatting process takes about 2 minutes.
− When the Formatting is done, the Display reads "DISK FORMATTED SUCCESSFULLY", and
then you are returned to the
Storage Page. The disk is ready to accept Program, Sequencer or
System Exclusive data. You should label the disk, and keep an up-to-date record of all data you
subsequently save on it.
FORMAT Disk Error Messages
There are a number of messages you might get while formatting a disk:
____ >
DISK FORMAT FAILURE—DISK IS UNUSABLE —This indicates a defective disk. If you
get this message we advise that you throw out the disk in question. Try again with another disk. >
NO DISK IN DRIVE —This one is pretty obvious. Put a disk in the drive.
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