No, there is no person or company that is selling "kits" pre-configured.
There are several very logical reasons for this.
For one thing- the drives are only available as NOS (new old stock) or used in varying condition / quantities.There is no guarantee of continued availability for the drives, or even stable pricing.
Second- Emax owners aren't the only people looking for these drives. Other sampler model owners, Amiga and Atari computer users, and digital photography enthusiasts buy these drives also.
So they are usually sold as bare drives able to be used in any number of applications.
So they are usually sold as bare drives able to be used in any number of applications.
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Niklas Ehrlin <niklas.ehrlin@...> wrote:
Are you or anyone else handling orders on full kit (pcd-60, slim floppy, cf-reader + well written installation guide)?
Den 5 feb 2014 21:23 skrev "jammie" <jammie.emma@...>:
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> pcd-60b is your best bet
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> you dont have to fit a floppy if you dont want you can fit just the cf drive you need to jumper the floppy cable only so that the emu gets the floppy drive return cable signal to say there is a floppy drive present
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> as you can create a img of 35 banks with the correct os and burn that to a cf card
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> but for getting the se disk you will need a floppy drive a hxc is £100+ + postage and customs to your country so your looking at about £20 vat + custom paperwork which is usually about $12
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> postage your looking at £25 from eroupe
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> so all in about £150
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> you can get a pcd-60b for about £100 all in including postage from usa to canada
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> which is about $150 so that will be cheaper + you get 35 floppy banks on one cf fast loading about 20 seconds max fast unlike floppy which can take upto 1 minute plus you can scroll through banks in seconds i mean load a bank in 5 secs not a minute every time either floppy or floppy emulator
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> the hxc just emulates the floppy
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> so as yours is a hd moel then its best to use a scsi device
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> 20mb miniscibe hd are all failing every model i service that has one is in for service because of it and and when they fail and stop spinning they can cause psu to fail also
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> as it creates a short in the dc motor which goes direct to the 12v rail
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> but as ted said for diagnostic reasons its best to fit a slim floppy as its hard todo the service routines with out it
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> and as i said most problems are with the emax drives not being able to read the disks as the same os is put on the cf cards and boots no problem
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>> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 7:39 PM
>> Subject: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
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>> Thanks for the reply Jammie, that makes sense, it's just a matter of perspective now that memory is so cheap. Just makes it difficult for my unit, which has both HD and floppy issues. Not sure whether to replace the HD or just get an HxC or slim floppy (given budget issues). I have been unable to find a replacement HD for an affordable price in my searches, and I would also have to get it formatted with the OS as my FD is unreliable. I'm looking to buy either one or both of those items if anyone has spare...
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