An unofficial guide to using EPSDISK

EPSDISK is a great program, but very poorly documented and can be 
difficult to figure out. Hope this helps!

NOTE: EPSDISK supports the ASR-10 as well. The same guidelines written
      here for the EPS should apply to the ASR-10 as well.


Some general rules and tips about using EPSDISK:
  1) About 25% of the times I use EPSDISK to format a floppy, it
     doesn't respond properly. Just wait for the error and try the
     F)ormat command again. It always works the second time for me.

  2) You must place the program (EPSDISK.EXE)in the directory that you
     keep your EPS *.efe files. If you have multiple directories with
     EPS files (to keep them organized by type, etc.), no problem. Copy
     and paste EPSDISK.EXE to each directory. Run the program from the
     directory in which you wish to work.

  3) I'm unsure if EPSDISK supports disk-images (*.ede). I would
     suggest using Giebler Enterprises' Ensoniq Disk Extractor to work
     with *.ede files.

Formatting an EPS floppy:
  1) Place the disk (800kb floppy for EPS) in the drive.
  2) Press T for disk T)ype if you're formatting a different type of
     disk other than EPS. The EPS format (1) is the default and EPS
     users can skip this step.
  3) Press F. At "enter volume spec" type "a:" or "b:" or whatever your
     computer's 3.5" floppy is.

    *Sometimes I get an error message the first time I try to format.
     If this happens, try again.

Writing an EPS instrument to a floppy for use in the EPS:
  1) As stated above (see general rules & tips) run EPSDISK from the
     directory that you have the EPS instrument file stored.
  2) Press T and instruct it of the disk type to write to. I always
     work with EPS disks and that happens to be the default, so this
     step is unnecessary for those working with standard EPS disks.
  3) Press W. It asks for the destination volume. This means the drive
     letter (A: for most computers' floppy drives). Type "a:" or "b:"
     or whatever your 3.5" floppy is.
  4) It now asks for "directory at block". Just press enter here. I
     guess it's asking what directory on the disk to write to, but I
     never use directories on my disks.
  5) Now it asks you what the file on the drive from which you're
     running EPSDISK is called. It's named something like: horns.efe
     or similar. Type the name of it and press enter.
  6) That's it. Load it up and listen to it!




Copying an EPS instrument to your harddrive:

  1) Start EPSDISK from a command prompt/DOS window. 
  2) Press "T" and select the type of disk you are reading. Default is
     "Double Density" (EPS). 
  3) Type "D" It will then prompt you for the source, which in most
     cases will be "A:" 
  4) Press enter For "Directory at Block" prompt. The program will
     then list the files contained on the disk. 
  5) Press "X" to extract the file.
  6) Type "A:" for source file or whatever drive letter is appropriate. 
  7) Press enter for "Directory at Block" prompt.
  8) Type the name that appeared when you did the directory listing in
     steps 3&4 and press enter.
  9) Now the program wants to know what the file should be called that
     it is about to write to your harddrive. I suggest typing the same
     name of the file as stated when you typed the letter "D" for a
     directory listing. If the file is longer than eight characters, it
     will ignore the extras. Type .efe (for EPS) as the extension. If
     you don't give it an extension, it will give it the .ins
     extension.
  10) It will create the file for you and put it in the directory that
      the program is run from (usually your harddrive letter [c:]).

EPSDISK was written by Michael Chen in 1993

This guide written by Mark Rinewalt in 1999

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