Emax

How can you tell on an Emax II if it has the internal
"HD" chipset/board, even if it was not sold a an HD
model?

Bob

--- John Silveria <emaxjs@...> wrote:

> what about them??? <smile>
> 
> On 4 Oct 2004 at 12:25, Bob Conner spoke unto me:
> 
> > 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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