Advanced File Management Techniques; Reading Mdf3 Disks With A Computer - Yamaha MDF3 Owner's Manual

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Reading MDF3 Disks with a Computer

The disks you format for use with the MDF3 are compatible with MS-DOS or PC-
DOS. This means that you can read the data from your MDF3 disks using an IBM
PC/AT -compatible computer. Conversely, the MDF3 will be capable of reading data
from 3.5" 2HD/2DD disks formatted by an IBM PC/AT.
Hint:
The Atari ST and Apple Macintosh are also capable of reading
data from disks formatted by the MDF3. If you own a Macintosh,
use a utility program such as PC Exchange, Apple File Exchange or
DOS Mounter to read the data from your MDF3 disks.
Try inserting an MDF3 disk into the disk drive of your PC,
then display a directory of the disk's contents. You will see a
display something like the following:
a>dir b:
BE-BOP .X01
ROLLING .X02
HOME .B01
LIVE .B02
Note: The display somewhat varies depending on the computer's
operating system you are using.
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412 00-00-80 12:00
533 00-00-80 12:00
256 00-00-80 12:00
256 00-00-80 12:00
As you can see, each of the MDF3 file names is followed by a
three-character "extension". The MDF3 uses these extensions
to organize the files on its disks.
Extensions beginning with the letter "B" indicate that the file
in question contains MDR data, whereas files bearing exten-
sions beginning with the letter "X" contain SEQ data.
The second two characters of each extension indicates the
file number by which the MDF3 refers to the file. Thus, MDR
data file number 01 would have the extension ".B01", whereas
SEQ data file number 01 would have the extension ".X01".
If you desire, you can use your computer to change these
extensions. Doing so will make possible some "tricky" appli-
cations that you normally could not achieve using the MDF3
alone. Some examples are given on the next page.
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