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Re: [emax] bizarre Emax I problem...

2003-08-28 by Bob Conner

Sounds like the Emax is not reading the disks
properly.
Have you tried cleaning your floppy disk drive with a
cleaning disk?
Are you putting these floppies in a PC that has a
Virus?

Bob
--- sglitsos <sglitsos@...> wrote:
> (sorry if this double or triple posts, my posting
> doesn't seem to 
> be working...)
> 
> Okay, my Emax has developed a really, really weird
> problem:
> 
> If I try and load a disk that I format, the Emax
> flashes "Different 
> Software Rev" -- even though it's not!  It'll load
> the official Emu 
> disks that I have just fine, it formats the disk
> just fine, it copies 
> software, etc.... but when I actually try and use
> the disk, I get the 
> different rev error.
> 
> It'll boot normally off the official Emu disk.. if I
> try and boot off a 
> disk that I made, it hangs at "E-mu Systems Inc.
> Loading 
> Software."  It also emits some really weird stuff -
> like rising then 
> descending tones, amazing sounding drones (they're
> good 
> enough to sample, funny huh?), weird wobblies.
> 
> I don't get it.  I've done everything at my
> disposal... changed 
> disks, used different OSes (I have 3.2 and SE 1.1 on
> disk -- yes, 
> I'm sure that I was using the right disk with the
> right OS and all 
> that).  I swapped drives with an inoperable Emax
> that I have for 
> parts, same thing.
> 
> This is really weird, it's been working fine up
> until now.  Can 
> someone help me out?
> 
> --Stavros (frustrated)
> 
> 
> 


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