Emax

It didn't work. If I turn on the emax without a floppy inserted, then I insert a disk when asked for one and press load, It fools itself into thinking that HD 1.1 OS is loaded. I can then see the contents of the hard drive but it won't load any of it. I then tried to "copy software" or use any other function and it reads "different software rev". It'll run scan disk in this mode but it says the hard disk is ok. I tried loading the HD 1.1 OS from emulatorarchive but it won't read the floppy disk and seizes up. The emax will read floppies if I boot from a floppy with OS 3.2 and it'll occasionally let me tweak the paramaters but I can't save them. Sometimes it won't let me get into any other screens. what's your prognosis Doctor?
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Silveria 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 5:33 PM
  Subject: Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!


  A reformat isn't necessary, the Emax contains a"copy software" function. It is designed 
  to copy newer OSs onto media (hard drives, floppies) without erasing the bank data. 
  Use this function, it's in Master somewhere, to copy the Emax HD 1.1 OS onto the hard 
  drive and onto any floppies you have that don't have the HD OS on it. Then you should 
  be able to boot to the hard drive and access all the floppies too.

  I do wonder, have you made sure that the banks are still on the hard drive? If you ran 
  the "hidden" hard drive diagnostics on the hard drive then the hard drive should have 
  been wiped clean.

  On 30 Oct 2001 at 22:55, spacesuitoption@... wrote:

  > Someone gave me this awesome Emax HD sampler with 3 books full of 
  > diskettes. but the hard drive wouldn't work It reads "Hard disk 
  > error" or "Different Software Rev" messages to me. I discovered last 
  > night that when I boot the sampler from a floppy, it loads as OS 
  > version 3.2. if i monkey with one particular disk though, it'll load 
  > as OS version 1.1HD and I can see the hard drive contents, run 
  > diagnostics and can play around with all the other buttons. So i've 
  > been on emulatorarchive trying to figure out what to do. I ran a hard 
  > drive test and it says it's all right. I ran all the other tests and 
  > they say it's all right. So I'm trying to decide if I should reformat 
  > the hard drive. (There's tons of sounds on it that I can't 
  > save.)...and if I do reformat the hard drive, with OS version 1.1HD, 
  > will all the disks with OS version 3.2 work. At this point I can 
  > access most of the diskette sounds and use the system for play back 
  > only. I do want to use the other functions of the sampler (to make 
  > those beautiful gritty 12bit samples) but don't want to accidentally 
  > disable the thing completely. 
  > ....any suggestions?

  John Silveria II
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