Emax

I saw that listing too, is there a chance they are not using the right boot disk?? They 
need to be using an actual Emax formatted DS/DD floppy with the right OS on it or it 
won't boot. The Emax OS is not stored internally, it's stored on every piece of formatted 
media.

Remember you are buying a vintage sampler with absolutely no company support 
behind it and virtually no replacement parts, if something does go wrong it's not going to 
be easy or cheap to fix and the only real place for support is this list and the Emulator 
Archive http://www.emulatorarchive.com

Replacement parts for the Emax are getting harder and harder to find and more and 
more expensive. The reality is at this age if you plan using your Emax regularly you can 
assume you will have to do the following repairs:

 replace the LCD/Backlight around ($40) http://www.backlights.co.uk
 replace the floppy drive ($75) http://www.route66studios.com

There is also a chance your power supply could go out and I don't believe there are 
replacements for those. Finding the required DS/DD 720k floppies you'll need to store 
banks is getting harder, currently the only place I know is Route 66 studios who sells 
them in packs of 50 for $17. You should not ever use HD 1.44 floppies with an Emax.

I too am looking for an Emax, but I need an Emax SE HD Rack (with or without working 
hard drive). I'm going to do the external SCSI mod. I'm getting nervous my large library 
of banks on floppies are going to start going bad and even though I have them backed 
up via the Emax II I'd like to start making them available to other users again.

On 11 Feb 2004 at 9:53, designlord designlord spoke unto me:

> Hi all,
> 
>  I'm looking to pic up an emax and I have found one on
> ebay that on boot say insert disk though there is a
> disk already in it. I'm hoping that this is just a
> floppy drive issue. Anyone have any experience with
> this. Also what about places to get parts, keys,
> buttons, lcd.
> 
>  Also anyone know were I can get a good condition emax
> that would be great too. I don't want an emax II btw,
> not yet! :)
> 
> Thanks
> Patrick
> 
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