Emax

i also recently purchased an emaxII 8 meg turbo HD rack   on ebay ...
listed as perfect but was much less than .. it was from puerto rico
and wasn't well taken care of but it works.....

the back side has  a broken jackbut it stil works,
it was all rusted on the back side like it had sat face up in a puddle in
storage,
and had a rack ear missing ... and the volume knob was also missing ..
BUT.... it booted up on the third try from the HD
and has worked ever since .. i guess it sat for a long long time with out
being used ....
so for less than $200 i guess i can't complain to badly.


----- Original Message -----
From: Jarremix
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:49 AM
Subject: [emax] Re: Emax II problems booting disk


Thanks to those who have responded already.

I usually dont post in here cause the information is always so good
in the "archives". I would answer questions but i will leave that to
the experts -of which there are many- as i try to learn.

I Swapped the floppy from my Emax1 and that didn't help so that
means that its not just the floppy drive right?

I purchased on ebay and the description was "perfect working
condition" . I have emailed the seller to let him know that I am
upset. I had the opportunity to buy a 500 meg rack instead and
passed, so bad decision on my part.

So I have my shoping list a harddrive Conner 540, maybe a new teac
floppy can I install one without custom mount , an external zip for
back-ups. A new LCD. and Sample disks.

Are there any chips etc I should be checking and how in the world
would i check them to make sure they are working.


Anyone who can help me out on any or all of tha above i would
appreciate it.


Thanks again

Fergal











--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "brian_ronn" <brian_ronn@y...> wrote:
> 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.


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