Emax

I thought by the time they got to the Emax, E-mu was using primarily Mac computers. If I 
remember right one of the many conversations I had back when I use to visit E-mu a lot 
was about how the Emax used mainly Mac components since they were so common. 
hence the floppy drive not being a standard PC drive. I also remember them telling me 
that the only way to unlock an Installation disk was to actually log in to an old Mac 
Classic because the encryption key was hardwired into it and there were very few 
people left at E-mu that even knew how to get on it and get an unlock code.

Once again let me state that my phrasing and description might not be 100% on, I am 
not technical.

On 15 Feb 2003 at 22:37, Rob Keeble spoke unto me:

> Hi,
> You can only use EMX from DOS, not a DOS window or windows. You mus
> boot the PC froma DOS diskette. Try running EMX from DOS directly and
> formatting new DS/DD diskettes in the Emax first then using EMX. This
> works for me. A rewrite is a nice idea, but the reason for DOS could
> well be so that the PC drive can access sectors/tracks which are not
> normally available to Windows. E-mu used UNIX computers in the early
> 80's, and the disk format they used in their samplers is unique and
> maybe UNIX like. This is why its hard to get EMX to run.
> 
> Regards
> Rob
> www.emulatorarchive.com
> 
> 
>    Hey all
>            I have been working with EMX now for about three weeks and
> I have met all the requirements of the software. I know how the
> software works and I am able to manage all the features.
> 
> What I can't do is get even one disc that I have made with the EMX
> software to BOOT the EMAX. I can however boot with a good factory disc
> and then load the banks from the bad discs. (so the bad discs have
> sample data but no OS data and wont boot)
> 
> I have tried everything I can think of nothing seems to work.
> 
> I am running win 3.11 with DOS ver 6.2.
> I am running from the command line or DOS prompt.
> I am using high quality DSDD floppy discs.
> I have made sure the Emaxos.emx file is in the EMX dir.
> I have replaced the OS emx file (thinking it was bad).
> I have tried other Emax OS versions.
> I have tried to copy the OS from the Emax to the bad discs.
> I have used (P) EMX copy OS to disc AFTER FORMAT.
> I have tried to format from the Emax then go to EMX for banks.
> I have replaced the floppy drive in the Emax NEW
> I have replaced the flopy drive in the PC NEW
> 
> If anyone has any suggestions that I am missing here please email me,
> but I think this software is crap and full of bugs so I have sent it
> out to a C+ geek friend to rewrite it. If we are able to rewrite the
> software it will run under win 95, 98, NT and 2000.
> 
> If anyone wants to copy me all of the ZD library I will reward them
> with a new floppy drive, cash or a case of 500 DSDD floppy discs. I
> will supply all the discs and cover all the shipping. I am located in
> Beloit Wisconsin Richard
> 
> 
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