Emax

I am interested in doing this as well. I was looking potentially at  
any SCSI reader on ebay. But then I saw, not all are writers, so be  
careful when purchasing. This will take some leg work to get a list  
of compatible flash r/w. But I am sure over time we can do it.

Regards,
Ted

On Oct 4, 2007, at 7:58 PM, chrisebert05 wrote:

>
> Hi,
> Thanks for posting your story, it's quite inspirational!
>
> I have an emax HD SE rack unit that I want to modify as you have done
> and I had a few questions.
> 1) It looks like the actual sequence that worked was: attach the
> PCMCIA reader; boot from floppy; format the PCMCIA card; copy the OS
> (and data?) to the PCMCIA card from your Dell; boot from PCMCIA card.
> Is that right? You modified jumpers because you didn't want the floppy
> drive. I was going to leave mine in and poke a hole in the back of the
> rack for my PCMCIA cards to fit in. Now that you've blazed the trail,
> this seems like an evening's work or thereabouts -- am I missing
> something?
> 2) I don't think I found the references to using SCM PCD-15Bs in MPCs.
> Do you have a link? I can't find a PCD-15B on Ebay (you seem to have
> bought them all! ;) Or maybe it's that I'm in the US and they're not
> here?) Any advice on selecting a different compatible adapter?
> 3) I assume that any PCMCIA memory card will work, but I'd love to
> know which ones you're using, if you don't mind saying. I'm not wildly
> savvy about hardware, but my poor dear Emax needs help, so I'm trying
> to muddle through.
>
> Once again, thanks for an inspiring set of posts -- I've always wanted
> to get rid of the noise of the hard drive, too, so the upgrade sounds
> wonderful!
>
> Chris
>
>
> 



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