Emax

So if I understand well you managed to boot your PC in DOS, you 
formatted a DD disk with EMX, put an OS on it and your EMAX sampler 
still doesn't recognize the disk ?

If that's true, you are in the situation described under "hints" in 
my previous message. This means EMX won't be a solution for you.

You should try
- either CopyQM (use one of the ZIP packages in the files section). 
In my case this worked fine...
- or install the OmniFlop software from 
http://www.shlock.co.uk/Utils/OmniFlop/OmniFlop.htm. Install the 
driver, start OmniFlop and license the driver online by 
choosing "format" and "Emu EMAX". Then format the disk or use EMXP 
v1.92 to format the disk and to install the OS on it. 

If none of this helps, you could have a drive problem in your EMAX, 
or serious calibration differences. To check this someone will have 
to send you a disk by postal mail. 

///E-Synthesist

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "K Whidden" <kbwhidden@...> wrote:
>
> Hey,
> I'm having a hard time booting into Dos, i had to create a dos boot 
cd, but 
> for some reason the os still isn't being detected with my DD discs. 
This is 
> a little frustrating!!!
> k.
> 
> 
> >From: "esynthesist" <esynthesist@...>
> >Reply-To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> >To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [emax] Re: emu emax I: Startup disc
> >Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:43:56 -0000
> >
> >Hi, see message 3359 and before. This question is quite a popular 
one...
> >
> >In short:
> >- Try to find a DSDD floppy disk (720K in DOS)
> >- Make sure your PC has an internal floppy drive (not USB)
> >
> >Option 1:
> >- Use EMX (MS DOS), EMXP (WinXP) or OmniFlop (WinXp) to format the 
disk
> >for EMAX
> >- Download the OS from the files section or from 
www.emulatorarchive.com
> >- Write the OS to the floppy disk using EMX or EMXP.
> >
> >Option 2:
> >- Download one of the CopyQM packages from the files section of 
this
> >group
> >- Use this CopyQM (MS DOS) package to format & write the OS to the
> >floppy disk
> >
> >Hints:
> >- Do not run EMX or CopyQM from a Windows DOS box, it will make a
> >corrupt disk ! You have to boot the PC in DOS (startup disk...)
> >- A lot of EMAX-I sampler floppy drives have a slightly different
> >calibration compared to PC drives. EMX-formatted disks or disks
> >formatted by EMXP using the *standard EMXP floppy driver* might 
not be
> >recognized by EMAX-I samplers. Use CopyQM, EMXP with OmniFlop 
driver or
> >OmniFlop software itself to format the disk if you want to avoid 
these
> >problems.
> >
> >///E-Synthesist
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "K Whidden" <kbwhidden@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > > I recently picked up an Emax I rack sampler from a yard sale. 
I'm
> >extremely
> > > interested in getting this beast running, but, i have no idea 
about
> >how to
> > > make a startup disc with my computer. Can someone give me some 
advice?
> > > thanks,
> > > Kbwhidden
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>