Emax

Hi Gordon

Are you sure that your floppydrive is original? 

Both my Emax I and Emax II (keyboard versions) floppy drives are 
illuminated with a red light from power up untill power off no matter 
if I access the drive or not.

The drives only spin up when I insert a floppy in it or if I access 
the drive and they work without problems.

My floppy drives are the original ones.

Best regards

Brian

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@g...> wrote:
> >  
> > The floppy drive on the Emax is allways lit no matter if the 
drive is used or not. It's function must be a kind of power indicator 
and not to tell that the drive is busy.
> 
> Not on mine, it's not.  Mine lights when the drive is being accessed
> only.  If the LED is on all the time, it could mean that the drive 
is
> faulty, or that the cable has been fitted upside down.  This would 
also
> make it spin continuously.  Pin 1 is usually marked on the PCB, and 
on
> disk drives is usually on the end of the big connector nearest the 
power
> connector.  If the machine has been opened before, it's possible 
that
> the connector has been reversed.  To get the Emax II rack apart, the
> floppy cable needs to be disconnected because it's a little short 
(at
> least on mine).
> 
> HTH
>   Gordon.