Kawai Z1000 system disk

[Gary Force]

I have tried and tried to load a system upgrade with no luck. I am trying to locate an original system disk for this keyboard. Thank you. Gforce

 

[happyrat1]

Have you tried contacting Kawai?

Gary

 

[Gary Force]

Yes I have contacted Kawai. They tried their best, they even sent a disk that they put an upgrade on. It would not load. It is the same problem that I had. That is why I am trying to locate an original system disk

 

[happyrat1]

Perhaps the floppy or zip drive or whatever sort of media reader is built in is kaput?

It's not uncommon for floppy drives on older keyboards to fail after 15-20 years.

Is the disk readable on your computer?

Is there anyway to load the system via MIDI sysex?

Gary

 

[Gary Force]

I have to say that was the last thing I thought about,but you were right. I found another floppy drive and it works. Thanks for your help.

 

[happyrat1]

You're very welcome. Even back in the 90's Floppy Drives used to die pretty often. They really were cheaply made.

Typically they used to sell for about $12 apiece in the 90's.

Gary