Emax

I just cleaned it.... no go.  Everything's the same.

Gaaaah.  Did I go wrong falling in love with an Emax?

Anyone?  Help me?

stavros

on 8/28/03 2:55 PM, Bob Conner at rennocbob@... wrote:

> I'd try the cleaning disk if I were you.
> 
> Bob
> 
> --- "S. Glitsos" <sglitsos@...> wrote:
>> Well, it loads the factory disks just fine, every
>> bit perfectly (yes, I've
>> gone through every single preset on the disks...).
>> It's just when I format
>> a disk.. it's VERY consistent in how it doesn't
>> work, so I doubt that it's
>> just dirty.
>> 
>> Example:  I'll format an Emu disk, which previously
>> worked (I know, I
>> know... I just wanted to see if I just had a load of
>> crappy disks), but when
>> formatted it STOPS working.
>> 
>> I'm not even using a PC, so the virus thing isn't
>> really possible.
>> 
>> I don't know.
>> 
>> Any other ideas?
>> 
>> stavros
>> 
>> on 8/28/03 2:05 PM, Bob Conner at
>> rennocbob@... wrote:
>> 
>>> 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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