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For What It's worth I always used EMX with disks formatted in the Emax I itself.  I got the plus OS to work once and since then I haven't been able to write an OS from EMX.  Perhaps even those without an SE /HD should try writing the Plus OS?  then once it boots you can format floppies and possibly load other OS's?

I do have a bunch of Emax disks with various different OS's that all boot on my machine, so if anyone needs a particular OS I most likely have it, the deal is still the same though.  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: esynthesist 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 2:56 PM
  Subject: [emax] Re: Emax SE HD OS problem


  There is definitely a problem with formatting disks for EMAX samplers 
  on a PC (both EMX and EMXP). I've got 3 EMAX-II samplers and 1 EMAX-
  SE sampler. All EMAX-II samplers can read/write EMX formatted disks, 
  but the EMAX-SE fails most of the time (=3 ticks). 
  I overcame the problem by formatting a disk on an EMAX-II and writing 
  the EMAXSE OS to that disk using EMXP. This works fine. But of course 
  you need an EMAX-II to do that :-)
  What I didn't try yet is formatting a disk from the already booted 
  EMAX-SE and try to reboot from that disk. I'll check this.

  When I have time I'll try to further investigate what causes the 
  incompatibility with EMAX-I sampler floppy drives. I tried some 
  things before (when writing the first version of EMXP) but I didn't 
  own an EMAX-SE that time so it was not easy to do some tests.

  I think you also mentioned somewhere else that the LED of the 
  floppydrive is always on. I don't think that's a problem: the LED on 
  mine is also always on (except when power is off :-)

  I also hoped to be able to solve this kind of problems for EMAX 
  samplers having an external SCSI interface. I was going to put a 
  format function for zip disks in EMXP, so that floppies would not be 
  required anymore. But I didn't manage to build that feature - still 
  trying though... 

  Good luck

  ///E-Synthesist 
  --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Marco Barcena" <digitailslide@...> 
  wrote:
  >
  > I've actually tried making the disks on other older computers... I 
  guess 
  > they weren't old enough.
  > 
  > The only thing left to do is order an emax hd-made OS from somebody 
  and see 
  > if that works.
  > 
  > Just out of curiosity: how many people have managed to make OS 
  disks on 
  > modern/fast computers under DOS 6.22 or EMXP?
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > >From: "ted Summers" <djtbs1@...>
  > >Reply-To: emax@yahoogroups.com
  > >To: emax@yahoogroups.com
  > >Subject: Re: [emax] Re: Emax SE HD OS problem
  > >Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:32:01 -0700
  > >
  > >I overcame my problems.
  > >
  > >Key info here:
  > >if you are going to use external zip drive, you want the Emax PLUS 
  OS
  > >1.0 software. This allows external scsi to work.
  > >Go to an OLD PC (like a 200MHZ or something) to make the floppy.
  > >
  > >That is what worked for me.
  > >
  > >If the floppy starts and does the 3 clicks, the floppy controller 
  is
  > >fine. The floppy controller chip is a WD1772, it is available on 
  the
  > >web, but I really don't think that is your problem.
  > >
  > >Failing that, you will have to have someone send you a floppy for 
  the
  > >$5.....
  >






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