Emax

Great news- I have contacted the ebay seller about the drives. He  
pulled the remaining items due to a concern that all the drives may  
not be the same.  Some different labeling or something like that.

If he can verify the drives are the same, he is going to get back  
with me, and I will provide some auction numbers.....

PS- just curious- did someone from the group buy that drive from the  
link I sent?

Also- how many of you on the group are looking at doing this?

Regards,
Ted

On Jan 6, 2008, at 6:42 PM, Bob Conner wrote:

> Is this a known good hardware setup? Or is this still
> in the testing phase?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bob
> --- ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:
>
> > OK- So I am taking the plunge.....
> >
> > The desired setup is to have the floppy and the CF
> > adapter.
> > Additionally, since it is silly to buy huge CF when
> > 32MB is big
> > enough, and CF 32MB on ebay you pay about $10 each,
> > I am going to do
> > this:
> >
> > Get SD flash and pc card adapter as I got 10x 32MB
> > SD compatible
> > Transflash (with the SD adapters) for about $15.
> > That will meet all
> > my emax needs (I hope).
> >
> > So far I have bought off ebay:
> > ACARD SCSI /IDE Converter $17 (buy it now included
> > the shipping) -
> > used but worked fine.
> >
> > IDE to CF adapter as per other post that has a
> > faceplate, etc....
> > PCCARD to CF adapter ----- these two were same
> > seller so total was
> > $30 including the shipping.
> >
> > 10 x Transflash w/adapter $15 including shipping.
> >
> > PCCARD to SD adapter $17 with ship.
> >
> >
> > So I got everything but the PCCARD to SD adapter....
> >
> > Put the CF together and all tested OK. But floppy
> > and CF Adapter
> > won't both fit in the space. So I thought about
> > rigging it up (making
> > brackets, cutting etc).
> >
> > Then I changed my mind. I am going to get Slim
> > Floppy (like for
> > laptops - $10 plus ship), and a Slim floppy
> > converter ($7.33 with
> > shipping and insurance). Then both will fit in the
> > slot on front of
> > emax. the best of both worlds- Floppy, CF / SD
> > (hopefully), and no
> > hacking or destruction of emax case, etc.....
> >
> > So- you may ask- why am I bothering to send this
> > email?
> >
> > Because
> > 1) All items I am buying the Sellers have more
> > of.... or at least
> > they did when I post this. Additionally, I bet they
> > can get more.....
> > 2) I will supply links to items as of when project
> > is complete (next
> > weekend hopefully) so you can buy same if desired
> > without hunting for
> > it (assuming all is still available), and know you
> > should get a good
> > set of items.
> > 3) I will provide pictures to modify the SLIM floppy
> > drive for use in
> > emax (if it works). (No offense to route66, and
> > without the other
> > item (CF adapter), you would have a big hole in
> > front of the emax.....
> >
> > Additionally, I will then have a regular height
> > floppy that I
> > replaced into emax with very little use so far, and
> > a bracket for
> > sale if someone needs one for emax that isn't going
> > through all this
> > CF trouble.....
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ted
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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