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RE: RE: [emax] Re: connecting zip drive to emax 2

2005-05-31 by Grandmaster Slice

Yes.I connected everything & it's working wonderfully.I can't believe I've
been using this Emax II for all these years without getting a zip drive.So
much faster,easier access to my sounds,& LESS DISCS!  Thanks for your help.

-----Original Message-----
From: emax@yahoogroups.com [mailto:emax@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
elmacaco
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 2:04 PM
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: RE: [emax] Re: connecting zip drive to emax 2


Doesn't the emax II have a scsi port?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Grandmaster Slice" <slice@...>
To: <emax@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 1:22 PM
Subject: RE: RE: [emax] Re: connecting zip drive to emax 2


> How do I externalize the SCSI indside my Emax II?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: emax@yahoogroups.com [mailto:emax@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Brian
> Ronn
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 1:11 PM
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: SV: RE: [emax] Re: connecting zip drive to emax 2
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>
> Hi
>
> The difference between SCSI and Parallel is the communication interface.
The
> Emax cannot use a parallel zip drive. Your computer can. The Emax can use
> the SCSI zip drive but you have to externalize the SCSI inside the Emax to
> take advantage of an external SCSI zip drive.
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> Best regards
>
> Brian
>
> Grandmaster Slice <slice@...> skrev:
> What's the difference between a scsi & parallel zip drive?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: emax@yahoogroups.com [mailto:emax@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
> i5c4r7
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 4:32 PM
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [emax] Re: connecting zip drive to emax 2
>
>
> Hi, I have the same setup myself, except I have no internal HD.  A few
> things you can check:
>
> -Is the termination switch on the zip drive turned on or off?  If it
> is the only external HD, it should be turned on.
>
> -Does your internal HD have jumpers set to give it a SCSI ID?  If not,
> when the zip drive is hooked up, your EmaxII could be confused as to
> which device should be taking SCSI device number 5 or 6 (depending on
> what you have your drive set to).
>
> -Are you positive it is a SCSI zip drive?  Believe it or not, I have
> heard stories about people who purchased second hand zip drives,
> assuming that they are SCSI but, apparently they actually turned out
> to be parallel zip drives.  I'm not sure how true this is but, they
> would both be 25db ports so, they would look very much alike.
>
> good luck!
>
> -s*
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> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "fred" <dhffl_landsharks@y...> wrote:
> >
> > hello i was wondering if someone could help me with this.
> > i have an emax2 i recently bought an external iomega zip 100 which i
> > hooked up to the scsi port on the back of the emax, powered up the
> > drive and then turned on the emax. when the zip drive is hooked up my
> > emax cannot find it or my internal hd which is scsi#1. floppy is
> > scsi#0 zip drive is not found at all. i'm sure i'm doing somthing
> > wrong but i cannot find out what. any help would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> > thank you.
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