Emax

Right on thx Ted!
'Restore image from'
Here we come!
If those floppies
Don't work I want my
20 bux back
Ha ha ((jus kiddin')

I Just won a
brand spankin-new
never before used PCD 60b
off eNay for $149.95
Free shipping
Can't wait for it to get here

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=251365504244
Hope its well worth
My investment
Thing cost a third of what I paid for my Emax!

Cheers


Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 25, 2013, at 23:09, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:

> yes.
> 
> and again- there are images I loaded into the box site (djtbs1 is my username) that are ready to load onto flash from EMXP that already have PLUS OS on them.
> 
> 
> On Oct 25, 2013, at 7:36 PM, Windrum Scoggin wrote:
> 
>  
> Crap
> 
> If it writes and saves its own floppies just fine then why mess with it. I just hope it reads the floppies you send me or I'm SOL.
> Only way to get the plus OS into the system is to unplug the HD plug-in the 60 B set it's ID to zero and boot off that.
> Skip the floppy
> Since Emax  boots off the HD or flash set to ID zero  I will  boot from the 60B once I get your Plus OS loaded onto An SD card via EMXP
> That should work right?
> Thanks Ted 
> Greg
> 
> On Friday, October 25, 2013, Ted Summers wrote:
>>  
>> I don't think you could find a tech who would know how to re-align it.
>> 
>> And minimum shop charges these days is usually around $75 for the first hour.
>> 
>> IN comparison- a replacement drive can be found for around $75….
>> 
>> If my disks that I sent you don't work in your Emax drive that would kind of confirm that- those disks are from my Emax- never touched a PC drive at all. Emax format, write bank and tested boot and load bank all in Emax.
>> 
>> You need the adapter as detailed n the website link  I sent earlier to use a slim floppy and it has to be modified.
>> I don't have any now and haven't for well over a year.
>> Jammie said he still has one though- so if he is going to make you flash cards that would be time to get it…
>> 
>> -T
>> 
>> On Oct 25, 2013, at 5:37 PM, Windrum Scoggin wrote:
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>>  
>> Ted my Issue is not with EMXP . I got it to do a disk image and lay some banks on a zip disk yesterday. (User error I t took me a while to figure out how to do it-RTFM)
>> 
>> 
>> I think my real issue is with the Emax floppy disk drive
>> When I format a floppy on the Emax disk drive the Emax will see it okay. When I take that same disk and put it in EMXP or EMX both say it has bad sectors and neither programs will read it.
>> If I format a disc using EMX then use Matt's OmniFlop it will read the disk back fine and verify it.
>> I've yet to try and see if an EMX formatted disk will read fine  using EMXP but going to do that tonight. If EMX P sees the EMX formatted disk okay but the EMX disc will not load into the Emax then I venture to say the email has a bad drive and can only see its own formatted disks.
>> 
>> Should the floppy disk drive in my Emax 
>> have bad Head alignment can it be fixed?
>> 
>> What slim floppy drive would you suggest I purchase/use as a replacement? I am currently the high bidder on the PCD60 B that you sent me a link to on eBay so that coupled with the slim floppy should adequately fill up the slot where the old this dry fit in the Emax.
>> Hopefully the slim floppy is a simple drop-in?
>> Greg
>> 
>> On Friday, October 25, 2013, Ted Summers wrote:
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>> 
>> IDE interface doesn't exist in Emax. Only SCSI and FDD.
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Windrum Scoggin <windrumscoggin@...> wrote:
>>  
>> 
>> Oh, was just asking if you got your Emax with Internal Zip to boot from it as I thought maybe somone had figured out a trick to get the SCSI Zip drive to be seen as SCSI ID 0 by the Emax (maybe by setting some internal jumper or something on the drive that I don't know about)
>>  
>> I am told the Emax  (if equipped with SCSI) will only boot off floppy dd or internal/external SCSI Hard drive ONLY if that drive's SCSI ID is set to '0'. From what I have seen, all internal Iomega SCSI ZIP drives can either be set to ID  6 or 7 but not 0.  Now, I have seen on Youtube where this guy put a ZIP drive in his Emax
>> Emu Emax HD SE - Zip drive modification - Random banks demo - Glanza's studio
>>  
>> but I don't know if it is a SCSI setup or an IDE.  I wonder if an IDE ZIP could be placed in the Emax and the Emax be boot from it. or is this guy even booting from it?
>> Experts on this topic, anyone?
>> 
>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Daniel Baum <daniel@...> wrote:
>>  
>> I've never tried that; it has a hard disk.  I have booted a Mac Plus from one though, if that makes any difference :)
>> 
>> 
>> D.
>> 
>> 
>> On Oct 25, 2013, at 11:04 PM, Windrum Scoggin <windrumscoggin@...> wrote:
>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> Does your emax boot from the scsi zip drive
>>> ?
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Daniel Baum <daniel@...> wrote:
>>>  
>>> 
>>> FWIW, I have used EMXP with a 100MB USB zip drive, when I was transferring Emax II banks from a CDROM to zip disks.
>>> 
>>> I used the USB zip drive with my laptop, and then read them from a SCSI zip drive on my Emax II.
>>> 
>>> D.
>>> 
>>> PS. I am about to have some more EMXP adventures with my new Emulator II, but that is a different story altogether...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Oct 24, 2013, at 6:43 PM, Lorne Hammond <lhammond@...> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>  
>>>> doesn't it have to be a scsi zip drive? Lorne
>>>> 
>>>> From: emax@yahoogroups.com [mailto:emax@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of windrumscoggin@...
>>>> Sent: October-24-13 8:26 AM
>>>> To: emax@yahoogroups.com
>>>> Subject: [emax] EMXP Sucess Specs Anyone? What system you running with EMXP?
>>>> 
>>>> Well, tried Windows XP 64 bit with 64 bit omniflop drivers...NO GO
>>>> 
>>>> Windows XP 32 bit with 32 bit omniflop drivers..NO GO
>>>> 
>>>> Windows Vista 32 this morning, with 32 bit o
>>>> 
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