Emax

Thanks for the pointers! I just tried EMXP and ended up with the same
results as with EMX. I will give CopyQM a shot next....

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@...> wrote:
>
> I think this kind of problem has been reported already many times 
on 
> this board... 
> Many floppy drives in EMAX-I and (only) some floppy drives in EMAX-
II 
> have a different calibration than the ones in PC's. EMX does not 
take 
> this difference into account while formatting disks.
> When I created EMXP (EMX for WinXP) I discussed this problem with 
the 
> guy who develops OmniFlop, and he tweaked his driver and explained 
it 
> to me in order to support the "most common" type of floppy drives 
in 
> EMAX samplers.
> 
> So maybe you can try EMXP (with either OmniFlop driver or the 
driver 
> delivered with EMXP - the tweak is supported in both cases). You'll 
> need a WinXP PC with internal floppy drive for that.
> 
> It's still not 100% guaranteed however that it will work, but 
you'll 
> have a lot more chance than with EMX for DOS.
> Another fallback could be CopyQM, which also gives better results 
> than EMX. For CopyQM you'll need a DOS PC.
> 
> All programs and files can be found in the files section.
> 
> ///E-Synthesist 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Jip Harrio <harrioj@> wrote:
> >
> > I went through exaactly what you are going through.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- booboopus <mail736786@> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi there,
> > > 
> > > Is anyone out there able to send me a boot disk for
> > > the Emax 1. I will 
> > > pay you for your troubles...
> > > 
> > > The unit was given to me without disks, so I tried
> > > making some by 
> > > booting in DOS 6.22 and using EMX to write to a
> > > DS/DD disk with version 
> > > 3.2 of the OS. Unfortunately, it fails to load ,
> > > going into an infinite 
> > > loop during startup. I can hear four clicks from the
> > > floppy, then the 
> > > front panel lights flash, repeat....
> > > 
> > > Perhaps the floppy is dead?  Any help appreciated.
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  
> > 
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