Emax

I have a very similar problem.  I picked up an emax hd keyboard.  
Everything turns on but I can't get it to boot.

This is what I've tried:

Making two os disks (emax hd and emax hd se, just in case) under dos 
6.22 using emx.

Result: disk not formatted/loading software (stuck)

I also used emxp and a different drive ( fd-23hf with id set to 0 ) 
both for formatting from a computer and then for booting from the 
emax... nothing.

Result: loading software (stuck)

I tried pushing the chips and pulling on them a little just to make 
sure there were no old/bad connections. I also reconnected all the 
cables... nothing

Result: loading software STUCK!!!!

Does anybody have any suggestions of what to do?  BTW, I tried both 
ds/dd and hd floppies.


--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "ted Summers" <djtbs1@...> wrote:
>
> I have an Emax SE keyboard. I found a "non-working" emax rack HD 
on  
> ebay.
> Exterior not in too good shape as it was further damaged in 
shipping.  
> Fuse holder missing - no wonder it "doesn't turn on" according to  
> seller.
> 
> Hard Drive is dead (multiple blinks- I have seen this before in 
old  
> macs), and system hangs on Diagnostics. This is fine so far.
> 
> I want to make my Emax SE keyboard an SE HD. It has a PC333 board.
> I have 2 of the miniscribe 20MB drives that are known working.... 
I  
> have a brand new SCSI 5380 chip.
> So I drop in IC13 and IC49 from the rack board. Install the SCSI  
> 5380, and cabling. Install known good HD.
> 
> I can boot normal SE1.1 OS disk.
> Floppy drive is NOT bad- it is brand new, as I put it in recently 
(I  
> know how to change the ID0 on new drives to work in emax)
> 
> I try to make an SE1.1 HD disk with EMX in DOS 6.22.
> Tried formatting on Emax first, as well as formatting with EMX.
> 
> Symptom:
> See "Loading Software" and hear floppy disk loading.. normal 
sounds -  
> 3 times it makes the not strange loading a floppy does. Then it 
just  
> stops.
> 
> Now to the question: Is the EMX program just not properly making 
the  
> OS disk?
> 
> While I am using MS-DOS 6.22, does the PC speed have anything to 
do  
> with a successful OS creation? The PC is a 2.8Ghz P4.
> 
> I dunno if it will make a difference, but I will try on a 
P1/233Mhz  
> tomorrow at work.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ted
>