Emax

Wow man, this is great.
Finally we can get rid of these unreliable zipdrives, those noisy 
harddrives, and those slow floppy drives.

That makes me think: it's probably also possible to replace the 
internal floppy drive by an internal scsi cardreader and connect it 
to the internal SCSI connector. I know some Akai guys changed their 
S1100 like this, but now it seems that we -Emax enthousiasts- can 
also use this great solution !

///E-Synthesist 

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Jip Harrio <harrioj@...> wrote:
>
>  Yes,
>    It is connected directly to the Emax SCSI conector
> and it read and write from and to a SD or CF card the
> same as if it was a hard drive. The O.S. has been
> copied to the card reader and I don't have to use the
> floppy drive and disk for booting up.
> 
> 
> --- Brian Ronn <brian_ronn@...> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Jip
> >    
> >   Is this the scsi card reader you have connected to
> > an Emax and are you able to read and write sample
> > banks to the card as it would on a harddrive?:
> >    
> >   http://www.psism.com/pcd40.htm
> >    
> >   Best regards
> >    
> >   Brian
> > 
> > Jip Harrio <harrioj@...> skrev:
> >           Yipee Yahoo... I finally got it. Thanks to
> > this forum because without it, I would not have had
> > a clue. It took a lot of trial and error but I am
> > glad I hung in there. 
> > 
> > I got the upgrade to O.S. Plus to finally work and I
> > connected a Microtech external SCSI card reader and
> > I saw the light. It formatted and copied the files
> > in a flash. To test it, I re-booted without the
> > floppy and whadda u know, it loaded everything up in
> > a flash.
> > 
> > Man o man, Thanks to this forum. 
> > 
> > A special "Thanks" to E-synthesist, Elmacaco and
> > Ted. Ted you really opened my eyes in confirming
> > that the HD was there. E-man you alerted me that I
> > was totally confused and help think about what the
> > heck I was trying to do.
> > 
> > I feel like I just won a grammy.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Jip Harrio <harrioj@...> wrote:
> > Ted this is good news. I have a zip drive so I am
> > going to work now on uploading O.S. Plus and then
> > try the zip to see if I can get it to work. I will
> > post the result.
> > 
> > Reggie
> > 
> > ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:
> > Everyone in this thread---- if the blue connector
> > you see is this one 
> > (I put into my keyboard from a rack unit - see
> > attached picture), it 
> > IS a SCSI port. While db25 is commonly used as a
> > serial, it is also 
> > used as a SCSI-1 (5 MB/s) connector. I used this
> > connector to hook 
> > to my external zip drive. If you look closely at the
> > logic board in 
> > the emax you will see that the pins for this
> > connector hook in line 
> > with the wide scsi connector for the hard drive and
> > from there go to 
> > the 5380 SCSI controller.
> > Hope this helps some people that thought they
> > didn't have scsi but 
> > actually do If you have this connector, you should
> > be able to load 
> > the plus os or HD os.... on my keyboard there was a
> > plate where the 
> > connector is now. So if you didn't have scsi they
> > put a plate instead 
> > of the connector.
> > 
> > Ted
> > 
> > On Dec 24, 2006, at 8:14 PM, Eduardo wrote:
> > 
> > > If it's a SE unit wouldn't it already be upgraded?
> > just need SE os 
> > > and you should have those functions.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Jip Harrio
> > > To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 3:33 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [emax] Re: Emax SE disk? Can someone
> > mail me one?
> > >
> > > Elmacaco,
> > > You are right. There is no wide SCSI connector
> > present. So this 
> > > unit does not have SCSI interface. So I only need
> > to upgrade from 
> > > Emax 3.2 to SE. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get
> > the SE upgrade 
> > > file to work. I must be doing something wrong.
> > > I have DOS 5.xx and have downloaded both EMAX and
> > EMAXUTIL loaded 
> > > them both on the DOS box. I have downloaded
> > SEUP.EM1 and 
> > > successfully wrote to a floppy format in the EMAX
> > DOS program. I 
> > > have done everything step by step, but when I boot
> > the disk on the 
> > > EMAX machine itself, nothing happens. I'm missing
> > something.
> > >
> > > Reggie
> > >
> > > Eduardo <elmacaco@...> wrote:
> > > the regular emax has a small blue connector that
> > isn't scsi but 
> > > some rs-232 connector or something, If you have a
> > wide scsi 
> > > connector on it then I'd love to see a pic.
> > >
> > > This list's files sectionn has everything you need
> > to make a plus 
> > > OS disk. Thanks to E synthesist!!!
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: harrioj
> > > To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 6:33 AM
> > > Subject: [emax] Re: Emax SE disk? Can someone mail
> > me one?
> > >
> > > Peter,
> > > Yes. I need a copy. I just scored an SE rack with
> > the blue SCSI
> > > connector on the back. I believe the Plus OS would
> > be required at
> > > some point before I could use the SCSI features.
> > > I'm not sure if it has the most current SE update
> > loaded or not. If
> > > not , I have to keep trying to update it via the
> > seup.em1 file. So
> > > far, I have tried evrything with no luck to
> > upgrade to SE.
> > > Do I pay you via PAYPAL?
> > >
> > > Reggie
> > >
> > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "peter_vh01"
> > <petervh@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Sorry for taking so long to reply to this
> > thread, I had not realized
> > > > it was still in progression!
> > > >
> > > > A very kind person from this group has created
> > me a working disc of
> > > > the Plus OS software, and it will be mailed to
> > me shortly. Following
> > > > that, I would be glad to produce a copy of the
> > OS for anyone else
> > > > interested. All you will have to do is cover the
> > shipping.
> > > >
> > > > I will be out of town shortly until the first
> > week of January, at
> > > > which point I expect the OS disc will have
> > arrived at my doorstep.
> > > > Shoot me an e-mail, and I'll send you a copy of
> > the os software.
> > > >
> > > > - Peter
> > > >
> > > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "harrioj"
> > <harrioj@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "peter_vh01"
> > <petervh@> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hey guys...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've tried every method out there to get an
> > SE disk created,
> > > but I
> > > > > > have had no luck. I am wondering if some
> > kind soul on this
> > > forum could
> > > > > > perhaps copy me a disk and mail it? (to
> > ottawa/canada).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I will of course reimburse you for
> > postage/packing and such. I
> > > would
> > > > > > really appreciate this!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > - Peter
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Peter,
> > > > > I am wondering if you had any better luck with
> > this. I am in
> > > the same
> > 
> === message truncated ===
> 
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