Emax

I recently purchased a pristine Baldwin/Emax from
ebay.  I opened it up this weekend and noted that the
necessary chips are not present or the wrong
type/number to do Rob (emuarchive's) SCSI upgrade.

Any recommendations on how to proceed and what the
chip/upgrade kits available will cost and how to get
them.  

I have a mac running the soundesigner universal,
however, isn't there a more EMAX friendly software
suite out there?  The samplers it lists on the pull
down menu are only Akai, Roland and the EMU SP1200.
I can't get it to transfer or upload samplers from or
to the computer.  Maybe my serial port settings are
wrong?

Any help appreciated.--- Bob Conner
<rennocbob@...> wrote:

> What about Emax II's?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Bob
> --- Rob Keeble <rob@...> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > E-mu shipped a variety of motherboards in Emaxs,
> > especially in the late
> > 80's. They sometimes put complete Emax HD boards
> > into base Emax cases
> > because it was cheaper to produce them like that.
> So
> > its always worth
> > looking inside your Emax to see what you have.
> > 
> > All Emaxs can be upgraded to HD and SCSI, but only
> > Emaxs with a later
> > motherboard are in any way a practical
> proposition.
> > Emax HD and Emax SE HD
> > are the right candidates for the job, and I can
> help
> > with the necessary SCSI
> > connector and OS Plus and SE upgrades.
> > 
> > Non HD Emaxs are now very difficult to upgrade
> (and
> > original Emaxs nearly
> > impossible), as new PAL chips are proving hard to
> > burn, although the EPROM
> > and SCSI chip can be done, as can the necessary
> PCB
> > cuts. All the
> > documentation is on the web site for those
> > interested. The ZIP100 is a very
> > cool upgrade, and it will take 36 Banks, formats
> in
> > 2 seconds, loads
> > quickly. And I have the OMI sample banks from the
> > Emax OMI CDROM's as
> > ZIP100's....so you can access 700 sample banks for
> > the Emax...
> > 
> > If anyone in the UK is after an Emax SE HD SCSI, I
> > may be selling a rack or
> > keyboard unit in a few months, complete with
> ZIP100
> > drive and 30+ carts full
> > of Pro samples. And Sound Designer Universal for
> > sample editing and maybe a
> > Mac too..  Just depends what kinda offer I get.
> > 
> > Regards
> > Rob
> > www.emulatorarchive.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >   The Emax that I got off eBay turned out to be an
> > HD without the
> >   sticker.
> >   The seller never said anything about it having a
> > internal drive,
> >   they only stated that they didn't have any
> > floppies with O.S.
> >   It was a pleasant surprise as was the conditon
> of
> > the unit.
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been
> > removed]
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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