Emax

I think what he meant was to have both your floppy drive for the e-
max and the card reader connected to the e-max at the same time. When 
you get it to boot, format the card with the OS read off the floppy. 
Once that is done, shut down, disconnect the floppy, reboot and 
hopefully it boots off the card.



--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "pauzetanker" <rexbautista@...> wrote:
>
> connecting the emax floppy to my pc didn't work at all -- the pc
> couldn't recognize it.  i have a feeling that the floppy controller 
on
> my motherboard is probably too new.
> 
> i purchased a scsi cable with a second connector, a 50-pin to Ultra
> connector converter, and an Ultra active terminator.  i connected
> everything as described in Ted's message.  the result -- while the
> emax doesn't boot off the card reader, it treats it like a hard
> drive... ie, i can read/store banks! i still have to boot from 
floppy,
> however.  sometimes i have to reboot the emax a couple times before 
it
> actually loads the OS.  not an elegant solution, but it works.
> 
> so, i still need to figure out a way to run the SE upgrade on my 
emax.
>  unfortunately, i don't want to have to buy a separate PC just to 
make
> an upgrade disk.  i'll probably put a request to the group in its 
own
> message so hopefully someone can make me a disk and i can get things
> moving.
> 
> 
> 
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "pauzetanker" <rexbautista@> wrote:
> >
> > EXCELLENT suggestion, thanks!!  I will try that tonight.  I have a
> > feeling that you're right -- the whole termination thing is the 
issue,
> > as even when the reader is connected to my PC via the SCSI card, 
it
> > hangs for a bit while scanning the open slot B (since I only have 
a
> > pcmcia card in slot A).  maybe a second pcmcia card will help, 
along
> > with the termination on the cable.
> > 
> > also, i've determined that my PC floppy drive can't format emax
> > diskettes AT ALL.  probably due to the alignment of my PC floppy, 
as
> > it's pretty new.  i think i'm going to try and hook up my emax 
floppy
> > to the pc to see if i can get it to format a disk. 
> > 
> > i'll keep everyone posted...
> > 
> > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, ted Summers <djtbs1@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Rex---
> > > 
> > > First things first- that pcmcia reader may have no scsi 
termination,  
> > > while the Drives that were used on the emax did have 
termination  
> > > resistors on them (which could be pulled if needed). That could 
be  
> > > your issue right there. Get a 50pin cable with another 
connector and  
> > > try attaching an internal terminator on the end of it and see if
> that  
> > > helps get rid of the error. I have a external SCSI zip, and on 
my  
> > > first boot with the hd, if the zip is off or not plugged in, 
it  
> > > hangs. but if the zip is there and plugged in it will boot 
right the  
> > > first time every time....
> > > 
> > > so you would have
> > > 
> > > emax logic -------- driver / reader --------------- terminator
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Secondly- I would format the floppy in the emax, then put the 
OS  
> > > image onto it....
> > > 
> > > Just a couple of thoughts. Keep us posted. Would be cool to not 
have  
> > > any moving parts (ie zip or hd).....
> > > 
> > > Ted
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Sep 12, 2007, at 12:13 PM, pauzetanker wrote:
> > > 
> > > > get ready for a long post...
> > > >
> > > > i was hoping make this post one where i had success in
> installing the
> > > > card reader and thanked all the past users for all the 
information
> > > > i've learned about the emax and putting such a thing into 
my "new"  
> > > > toy...
> > > >
> > > > but so far i've been pretty dead in the water with this 
project. i'm
> > > > hoping that posting up what i've done for people to see will
> > > > eventually lead to some answers from folks in the group. my 
ultimate
> > > > goal is to ditch the floppy and LOUD hd, to solely rely on 
the card
> > > > reader so i can take this baby out to gigs, without fear of 
killing
> > > > the moving parts.
> > > >
> > > > i have an emax hd running the 1.1 OS.
> > > >
> > > > first order of business was to get a scsi card reader, but i 
wasn't
> > > > willing to pay $140 for it just yet. thanks to ebay, i 
managed to
> > > > score an SCM PCD-15B off ebay for cheap, which i know folks 
have
> been
> > > > using in MPCs and some other samplers, so i'm hoping there 
was no
> > > > compatibility problems there. the pcd-15b is a two-slot 
reader.
> > > >
> > > > i also bought an old SCSI card for the PC, just to make sure
> that the
> > > > jumper settings on the pcd-15b could get me to SCSI ID 0. the
> pcd-15b
> > > > has only 3 sets of jumpers (as opposed to 4 on the pcd-47b). 
i found
> > > > out through trial and error that no jumpers = SCSI ID 0 for 
slot A.
> > > >
> > > > i removed the HD, plugged in the pcd-15b, and booted from 
floppy.
> > > > with a pcmcia adapter/SD card in the pcd-15b, the emax would
> load the
> > > > software from floppy and then hang at the "Just a moment" 
screen.
> > > > however, if i booted without the pcmcia card in the reader, i
> managed
> > > > to have the OS load from floppy.
> > > >
> > > > ok, so with the OS loaded and emax on, i put in my pcmcia 
card and
> > > > tell the emax to format hd. lo and behold, it works! i also 
have it
> > > > copy the OS over, which it does (very fast i might add). so 
things
> > > > are looking good.
> > > >
> > > > now comes the test: i power down the emax, take out the 
floppy, and
> > > > try to boot from the pcmcia card. i get past diagnostics, but 
the
> > > > emax hangs at "just a moment". no good. i try booting from 
floppy
> > > > with the pcmcia card in the reader, and get the same result as
> before
> > > > -- it hangs on "just a moment".
> > > >
> > > > i decide that i should eliminate the chance that maybe it's a
> > > > limitation due to me running 1.1 OS. so next order of 
business:
> > > > upgrade my emax with the SE upgrade, and move on to the Plus 
OS.
> > > >
> > > > i buy some 800kb diskettes, format them in my emax, and boot 
my pc
> > > > into DOS 6.2. since i run my pc solely on SATA drives, DOS 
wasn't
> > > > seeing the FAT partition i created. however, it did see my 
USB flash
> > > > drive i had plugged in, so that's where i copied the 
necessary  
> > > > files to.
> > > >
> > > > i used emaxutil to make the upgrade diskette, and pop it into 
my
> emax.
> > > > DISK ERROR. i try re-fromatting my diskette and re-making the 
SE
> > > > upgrade diskette a few times before i finally gave up.
> > > >
> > > > ok so now i'm stuck. i'm open to any suggestions on the 
above, but
> > > > here are a couple thoughts:
> > > >
> > > > -maybe the USB to floppy thing isn't a good idea to make the 
SE
> > > > upgrade disk, so i'm going to find a spare IDE drive to 
format into
> > > > FAT and copy my files to. hopefully this will result in a 
usable
> > > > upgrade disk.
> > > >
> > > > - maybe ditch the pcd-15b? i guess i can save up $140 for a 
card
> > > > reader... :(
> > > >
> > > > if you've made it this far, thanks for reading. hopefully 
soon i can
> > > > share a success story.
> > > >
> > > > rex
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
>