i don't know of any dead macs. I kind of like the idea of the zip drive to store 36 banks on each disk. I have enough sounds to fill up at least 10 zip disks. The searching thru the floppies thang is gettin' old fast.
----- Original Message -----
From: Gordon JC Pearce
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!
Just replace the HD with another SCSI one. You must know someone with a few
dead Mac's lying about... I put a Mac 40 meg SCSI in mine, then changed it
for a 120 meg drive. Works just fine...
Cheers,
Gordon
----- Original Message -----
From: "David W Crosby" <spacesuitoption@...>
To: <emax@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!
> nope.
> will it fry the supply if i disconnect the hard drive and the floppy?
> can i replace that with a better power supply?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Silveria
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 11:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!
>
>
> Your biggest issue is going to be that an Internal Zip will toast the
power supply. The
> power supply in the Emax and Emax II can not handle the drain of an
internal zip. Does
> your Emax happen to have the external SCSI adapter?
>
>
> On 2 Nov 2001 at 15:41, David Crosby wrote:
>
> > THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE HELP!
> > last night, my hard drive actually let me get into it. Half of the
banks
> > were toast but half were accessible. I copied those banks onto floppy
then
> > tried to reformat the HD. It wiped it clean but won't take the
software. It
> > keeps crashing when it gets to the loading software part.I've decided
that
> > the HD is history. But the system still works by floppy and I have
many,
> > many samples. So i'm thinkin about installing an internal zip drive in
the
> > system and removing that noisy hard drive. I saw a procedure for it on
> > emulatorarchive but the wording of the article seems to imply that
it's a
> > only a theory. Has anyone actually installed a zip drive in the Emax
HD?
> > Will the OS HD1.1 software format a 100mb zip disk? Will the floppy
drive
> > work while I transfer all my files to zip disks? Any special tips on
> > installing a zip from anyone that's actually done it?
> >
> >
> > >From: "John Silveria" <emaxjs@...>
> > >Reply-To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> > >To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> > >Subject: Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!
> > >Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 13:40:54 -0800
> > >
> > >Put in the floppy with HD 1.1 and then power up the unit. It should
boot up
> > >just fine and
> > >when you do a Software check it should you are running OS 1.1 HD. Do
not
> > >take that
> > >disk out of the drive. At this point you should be able to copy the
OS onto
> > >the hard drive.
> > >If you can not then there is a good chance your hard drive is faulty.
> > >
> > >If you are booting up without a disk inside the unit and it is saying
you
> > >need to insert a
> > >floppy this is a sign that the HD is bad or not compatible, no matter
what
> > >the scan tells
> > >you (and exactly what scan are you using). It is possible that the
boot
> > >sectors of the HD
> > >are bad and the scan you are using isn't recognizing that.
> > >
> > >Remember the Emax isn't booted until it loads the OS from either a
Floppy
> > >or the Hard
> > >Disk. The OS is not stored inside the unit anywhere, it is stored on
every
> > >piece of media
> > >that it formats. If you are powering up the unit and it says you need
to
> > >insert a floppy
> > >disk then your system is not booting off of the hard drive, it is
booting
> > >off of the floppy
> > >and whatever OS is on the floppy is what you have just booted with.
It
> > >isn't "fooled into
> > >thinking HD 1.1 is loaded" it is loaded with HD 1.1.
> > >
> > >If you boot with a floppy that has HD 1.1 on it, then take that
floppy out
> > >and insert a
> > >different floppy that has a different OS on it when you go to do
certain
> > >functions, like
> > >Copy Software, you are going to get a "different software rev" error
> > >because everytime
> > >you access an function the Emax has to go back out to the floppy and
read
> > >that part of
> > >the OS. The entire OS is not sitting resident in memory anywhere.
> > >
> > >On 31 Oct 2001 at 9:17, David W Crosby wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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?
> > > >
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Re: [emax] boy have i got problems!
2001-11-02 by David W Crosby