Emax

All Emax II units have internal and External SCSI. The only upgrade that was performed 
to early Emax II's was upgrading them from Mono to Stereo.. but very few of the mono 
models ever exsisted and then all the memory options.

On 4 Oct 2004 at 16:04, Bob Conner spoke unto me:

> 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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