Emax

I missed that what is the jumper setting on????
gray
The emax will not boot from anything unless it detects a floppy ( a 
little different than a computer ), but using the jumper setting I 
mentioned the emax will think there's a floppy, so it works.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: brainztain 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 4:03 PM
  Subject: [emax] Re: Using an Emax HD without a floppy disk drive - Need some advice


  The emax will not boot from anything unless it detects a floppy ( a 
  little different than a computer ), but using the jumper setting I 
  mentioned the emax will think there's a floppy, so it works.

  Tnaks 

  --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "gray" <gray@...> wrote:
  >
  > Is there a way to make the emax "detect" a floppy drive even if 
  it's 
  > not there? (maybe there's a "loop" after connecting the cable that 
  > senses there's a drive connected?)
  > 
  > Most keyboards are basically a computer.....and like a motherboard 
  that 
  > looks for the boot disk because its part of the bios....the ROM of 
  a synth
  > looks every time for the boot drive.....because its part of the OS 
  of the
  > synth.....I don't think you can X it out.......unless the E synth 
  lets you pick the
  > boot drive in the OS and save as boot drive the zip......or the 
  cable you 
  > are using to plug the zip into how ever that would be list in the 
  Emu OS bios.....
  > if it lets you pick and choose the boot drive or first boot item 
  what ever that
  > would be....Zip/HD/Floppy upon cutting the Emu on it would go to 
  the Zip
  > if chosen in bios as the boot disk.....
  > gray
  > 
  > 
  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: brainztain 
  > To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 3:41 AM
  > Subject: [emax] Using an Emax HD without a floppy disk drive - 
  Need some advice
  > 
  > 
  > Hi,
  > 
  > I want to completely remove the floppy drive from my Emax HD 
  because I 
  > don't need it and will be using an internal zip drive, but it 
  doesn't 
  > seem to get passed the "diagnostics" screen when I do that. I've 
  read 
  > most of the posts that have anything to do with this matter but I 
  > haven't found anything helpful.
  > 
  > Is there a way to make the emax "detect" a floppy drive even if 
  it's 
  > not there? (maybe there's a "loop" after connecting the cable 
  that 
  > senses there's a drive connected?)
  > 
  > Any help is welcome.
  > 
  > Thanks.
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
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