Emax

just ordered a couple from ebay, if i can re-retrofit the emaxes from  
zip drives to these i will be so happy!
thanks guys!!!!

-Brian B
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On Oct 27, 2007, at 12:40 AM, ted Summers wrote:

> Can you confirm for us the part #'s you used?
>
> Regards,
> Ted
>
> On Oct 26, 2007, at 7:55 PM, Dave Sotnick wrote:
>
> > It works!!!
> >
> > I was really skeptical at first because the SCSI-IDE bridge arrived
> > before
> > the Flash Reader, so I tried experimenting with IDE drives (> 1GB)
> > and kept
> > getting "HD Error" from the Emax. I also had an old SanDisk 40MB
> > IDE Flash
> > Drive (3.5" form factor), and this also would fail to format or be
> > recognized.
> >
> > However... the "Desktop ATA Flash Reader/Drive with IDE interface"
> > arrived
> > today and after all my tests thus far, it seems to be working fine
> > with the
> > SCSI-IDE adapter and the Emax. I have a SanDisk PCMCIA-CF adapter
> > with a
> > 48MB SanDisk CF card in it.
> >
> > I was able to hook my SCSI internal ZIP drive up along with the
> > SCSI-IDE-CF
> > "rig" and perform a "Copy HD" operation from the ZIP to the CF
> > card. Changed
> > the ID of the SCSI-IDE bridge to 0, rebooted the Emax, and up it
> > came with a
> > full 35 banks at my disposal. And it's soooo quiet!
> >
> > Total cost: $73.43.
> >
> > -Dave
> >
> > P.S. As a bonus, I found that both the SCSI-IDE bridge and the CF
> > reader
> > don't use the 12v leg of their power supplies (these are typically
> > used to
> > power drive motors), so I was able to rig up a cable to pull 5v
> > from the
> > floppy power connector (yellow/green) on the Emax main board to
> > power the
> > reader/bridge.
> >
> > On 10/17/07, ted Summers < djtbs1@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Dave-
> > >
> > > I was going to do this last week, but have other home construction
> > > things going on, so it is taking a back seat. But I anxiously  
> await
> > > your findings.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Ted
> > >
> > >
> > > On Oct 17, 2007, at 12:35 PM, Dave Sotnick wrote:
> > >
> > > > The SCSI-IDE bridge I ordered (ACARD AEC7720U) includes a
> > jumper which
> > > > provides SCSI bus termination.
> > > >
> > > > I just hope the SCSI-IDE bridge recognizes the CF-IDE converter!
> > > >
> > > > On 10/17/07, s* <scart@... <scart%40sympatico.ca>>  
> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Dave,
> > > > >
> > > > > That sounds great. I wonder if you will run into any SCSI
> > > > termination
> > > > > issues? From what I understand the SCSI needs to be
> > terminated at
> > > > the end
> > > > > of the chain/disk drive (or solid state media r/w in this  
> case).
> > > > Hopefully
> > > > > this will still be possible with an IDE device.
> > > > >
> > > > > -s*
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