Emax

that's really great to know!!!

I have received my emax in a great condition but it never has been 
put through it's paces and the operating mechanism always going back 
to the drive can be a bit scary.
also it has been funny with some recycled old dd/sd disks telling 
me 'bad disk' etc.

I could buy a lot of new TDK dd discs from ebay but the new ones are 
usually thin and flimsy and i used to have issues with TDK on my 
MPC60.

what are your experiences regarding discs reliability? which make do 
you find most reliable? how much do you (ab)use your emax?

best,
Pete



--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Electro Chrisso <electrochrisso@...> 
wrote:
>
> I think you will find that any PC floppy disk drive with a jumper 
to set it to master will work. I simply connected up one that I found 
in a junk pile when my drive gave up the ghost. Make sure you connect 
up the cables properly eg. pin 1 on connector to pin 1 on cable, the 
power cable should only connect up one way.
> 
> manicpeter <manicpeter@...> wrote:                               Hi 
there,
>  
>  just got my first emax with SE, and the sampling is just awesome...
>  anyway...
>  i read somewhere on the web that you can get lucky with a lot of 
old
>  pc disc drives that were designed to read dd/sd floppies. when i 
have
>  a problem with my elecronics i go to a guy who works at a 
university
>  fixing computers and electronix. there might be somebody around 
where
>  you live with a messy department that doesnt clear anything out for
>  years...i know it sounds insane but worth a try?
>  
>  best,
>  Peter
>  
>  --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "tnb09061974" <2nd.star@> wrote:
>  >
>  > Hello,
>  > 
>  > I have a Emax I SE with a faulty disk drive. The lamp of the 
floppy
>  > drive shines but the drive doesn't work any more. In the display 
I can
>  > read the message:"Please insert disk!" even if I insert a disk.
>  > Can tell me somebody of yours, which floppy drives are really
>  > compatible to Emax I SE? 
>  > Please don't refer me to the Route66 Studios. I think that the 
prices
>  > there are too overexpensive.
>  > 
>  > Thanks for your advice!
>  > 
>  > Greetz Dan
>  >
>  
>  
>      
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