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Thanks again for your informative post Ted. I have now copied and pasted it to a word document and attached it to the back of my EMAX Version 2.0 Owners Manual/EMAX SE SCSI PORT RETROFIT/EMAX SE UPGRADE MANUAL

so I can reference it instead of asking the same questions over and over again due to my aging over 40 plus memory banks failing...my problem is I will forget that I put it in the back of the manual....then ask the same stupid questions over again on the forum, only to annoy Ted!

We need a search topic matter function on this forum but thats another story.

I agree that most of the time the problems we encounter are due to end user headspace and timing because in my particular case, it took for my numbskull to figure out I had issues with EMXP and EXP writing disks ONLY because of the fact that MY Emax FDD was just plain bad.

I scratched my head just reading product lit for the PCD 50B jumper setting for setting SCSI ID 0! No kidding..

When I could not get my EMAX HD to boot off the SCSI PCD-50B I bought I had to send the board and the PCD to Ted thinking I jacked something up only to find out that I had simply set the Jumper on the PCD wrong.

Such is life. You learn by trial and error.

If you don't tear these babies apart and troubleshoot them regularly, you just won't know what to look for. Thats why when my shit breaks, I just send it to someone that can troubleshoot it properly.

I do HVAC controls using Bactalk and Alerton protocol here at work, day in and day out and know it well so people come to me when we have programming issues. Its what I am paid to do. That doesn't mean I am an expert in everything computerized or electronic. I I were THAT good then why the hell did I let something as inane as a jumper setting on a PCD screw me up? Cause I didn';t have experience working on EMAX units like Ted does, that is why....

We are very lucky we have an expert on this forum by the manner of Ted (and I am not just saying this to kiss anyone's butt) but Ted knows his Emax shizola so thank YOU Ted for your continued input and expertise.

On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:39 AM, <geektech207@...>; wrote:

I think it's too simple to say, "EMXP works period." ; It's a great program (Thanks e-synthesist!), but it's not the only part in the chain. Omniflop has to be configured correctly, and just because you have a computer / floppy drive that works with Omniflop doesn't guarantee you a working disk. Worse yet, EMXP can tell you that it successfully completed the operation, yet the disk isn't valid. There's just too many variables to claim that people are stupid for not being able to pull off OS creation straight out-of-the-gate.

Not everyone leaves and breathes vintage machines and knows all the little sniggles. Some people just grabbed a cheap machine at a flea market and are trying to get it to work with as little effort as possible.

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he said london canada so he is in canada not europe

as for customs there is not any on a value less than £20 in uk and $20 us

a floppy disk is £1` about 2 mins work its more todo with postage than anything else

also many problems is from mis aligned heads you could save load format a disk on a old floppy drive give it to some one else and it wont boot

as me and ted do ours on brand new slim floppy drives the heads are aligned

but it would be cheaper postage wise as a intenational letter will cost about £8 uk to canada

but its really easy to make floppies been doing it for years with emxp

i dont understand all the problems people have its easy its allk in the emxp documentation it works period

the worst trhing apple ever did was drop floppy support might not be good for new stuff but there is a heck of a lot of stuff still using floppies

----- Original Message -----
From: Windrum Scoggin
To: emax@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] RE: Emax OS creation primer

If you power on cold & boot the Emax and it says NO OS, insert Disk!
then chances are you just need an OS disk to boot it and once its booted
you can check the rest of the machine out to see if its OK elsewhere.

If I can make a floppy
that will boot my soon to be arriving SE 1000 via Omniflop then assuredly it will
boot yours as well as long as your FDD is good.
I'll let you know and if it does work
then assuredly, I can make an FDD for you too
and I will ship it off to you in europe.

No worries about customs forms, we fill them out all day
long here at my day job
Cheers
Greg

On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 8:34 AM, <niklas.ehrlin@...> wrote:

Hi, and thanks for the offer! And I totally agree with you - I am no fan of the FDD and all the floppy-hassle, believe me. I seriously concider in just throw it out and go with the HxC. The only concern I have is that I dont know if the EMAX I have is ok otherwise (faulty internal HDD, and prob FDD) as I found it at the recycling station. So I hesitate a bit in investing 100 euro in a mashine that I dont know the status on.
But worst case, there are probably enough people out there in need of a HxC and EMAX parts, for me to recollect the 100 Euros. ;)
I guess you soon will see me starting a new thread regarding HxC installation and management...

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