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Re: [emax] emax problem

2007-03-30 by Brooks Mosher

okay, i've figured it out...

i had to format the disk to EMAX format with omniflop, copy the os image
into the subfolder for EMXP and now everything should work fine...



On 3/30/07, Brooks Mosher <brooksmosher@...> wrote:
>
> Alright, so i have EMXP installed along with the omniflop driver, i
> downloaded the emx os image file from emulator archive, but i can't for the
> life of me figure out how to use EMXP to copy the os image from my pc to the
> floppy drive!  anyone out there that can give me a little insight into
> this?  i'd really appreciate any help!!
>
>
>
> On 3/30/07, ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:
> >
> >   That means the unit is functioning perfectly as far as we can tell
> > (up to that point). The OS is on a floppy (unless you have a hard
> > drive in the unit). So you need a floppy... you can make one from
> > files on the group. get emxp and an os image.
> >
> > Ted
> >
> >
> > On Mar 30, 2007, at 7:19 AM, Brooks Mosher wrote:
> >
> > > hello, i'm new to this list and i very much appreciate any help i
> > > could get
> > > for an Emax i just purchased. i purchased it broken with the intent to
> > > eventually have it fixed. it may just need a floppy drive but i was
> > > hoping
> > > someone on this list could give me a little insight as to what the LCD
> > > messages mean when i turn on the unit. basically i turn it on and
> > > the LCD
> > > says "Diagnostics" for about 15 seconds and then it says "Loading
> > > operating
> > > system" and that's it. the person i bought it from seems to think
> > > that the
> > > floppy is the only problem, however i do not have the operating
> > > system disk
> > > nor did he have one either to try. does anyone on this list know
> > > why it
> > > reads "Diagnostics" when i first turn on the unit? could this mean
> > > that
> > > there is more than just a bad floppy drive? any help would be
> > > really really
> > > appreciated!!!!
> > >
> > > BMM
> > >
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