Back on the scene (60/Win XP/Card Reader)

So I am pulling my trusty "dusty" MPC 60 out of storage. If I remember correctly it has 3.10e and the SCSI hookup. I also seem to remember some problems with mpc60 formatted floppys not being recognized with WinXP. Am I on the right track with this? I remember trying to use a program (mpcprogrammaker?) with little to no success.

I see that scsi for samplers has the card readers now and was wondering if transferring files to/from the 60 was a drag and drop process under WinXP. Can I backup my midi files on computer as well as pgm? How easy is it to work with the Card Reader and XP or even Vista for that matter?

I feeling the knowledge represented by the forum participants... lots of good info in here. I have been lurking and digging around with the search funchtion on the low for a long time.

rhodes2freedom wrote:I see that scsi for samplers has the card readers now and was wondering if transferring files to/from the 60 was a drag and drop process under WinXP. Can I backup my midi files on computer as well as pgm? How easy is it to work with the Card Reader and XP or even Vista for that matter?

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Very easy w/XP. Never tried Vista

DukeNewport wrote:

rhodes2freedom wrote:I see that scsi for samplers has the card readers now and was wondering if transferring files to/from the 60 was a drag and drop process under WinXP. Can I backup my midi files on computer as well as pgm? How easy is it to work with the Card Reader and XP or even Vista for that matter?

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Very easy w/XP. Never tried Vista

Thanks DukeNewoport. Just when I THOUGHT I had an excuse to upgrade to something new. I guess I will fix the MPC up, blow the dust off, and get it back in the mix.