Emax

it boots up very quickly versus the stock config.  you still see the
diagnostics screen for the same amount of time, but loading the OS
takes less than a second.  loading banks is maybe one second.


--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Pete" <draven@...> wrote:
>
> Oh wow. That is incredibly cool; congrats on getting it to work! So
> how quickly does it boot up from the card?
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "pauzetanker" <rexbautista@> wrote:
> >
> > well it's finally been accomplished! my emax is now floppy and hdd
free.
> > 
> > funny story -- if you've been following my journey, i've been trying
> > to figure out how to make/run an SE upgrade disk on my emax, since i
> > don't have a PC that can make emax formatted disks. well, it turns out
> > my emax was already upgraded to SE, but the hdd only had OS 1.1
> loaded.  
> > 
> > after failing (a lot) with making an SE disk, i figured, what the
> > hell, i'll see what happens if i copy the Plus OS to my SD card and
> > try booting from it. so, using EMXP and the pcmcia card slot on an old
> > Dell laptop i had, i replaced the OS 1.1 that was copied to the SD
> > card with the Plus OS.  Lo and behold, it boots!  that meant my emax
> > was SE upgraded all along!!  (it also meant i wasted a good two weeks
> > with my silly little experiments).
> > 
> > after a bit more tinkering, i found out that the pcd-15b has active
> > termination built in, so i didn't need the two-device scsi cable with
> > an added terminator at the end.  scsi id 0 is Slot A, and scsi id 1 is
> > Slot B (as expected).
> > 
> > i used the "jumper on pin 26" trick to fool the emax into thinking
> > there was a floppy connected.
> > 
> > so, since i don't have a floppy now, i rely on that old Dell laptop's
> > pcmcia slot and EMXP to add banks on my SD or CF cards.  works like a
> > charm.
> > 
> > formatting new cards is easy -- i just use the "copy hd" function to
> > copy from one scsi id to another.  the whole thing overall is very
> > quick, and SILENT. :)
> > 
> > pictures of the card reader installed are linked below:
> > 
> > http://launch.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/photos/view/c009?b=6
> > 
> > http://launch.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/photos/view/c009?b=7
> > 
> > now all i need is something to fill in the empty space above the card
> > reader...hmm...
> >
>