Emax

Ho Rob, which files are they? Are they the whole library or perhaps the ones that were 
available onb the old Archive? 

I'd like to get a copy, it would save me time and energy.

On 16 Nov 2001 at 19:21, Rob EmuArc wrote:

> Hi
> The EMX downloads have been tested and are okay, except for perhaps one. If
> anyone would like all the EMX files on a CD rather than having to download
> them from our web site , please email me off list with your address, and we
> will send them out for free. We will get more EMX files onto the site, as we
> have a very large collection.
> 
> We are tracking down replacement LCD's for the Emax, and they might be
> available for $20 - 30. More news soon.
> 
> email address rob@...
> 
> Regards
> Rob
> 
> The Emulator Archive
> www.emulatorarchive.com
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Max Langer [mailto:max@...]
>   Sent: 14 November 2001 22:39
>   To: emax@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: Re: [emax] still dealing with DOS...
> 
> 
>   I've also tried to write disks with EMX, using different setups. I've
>   managed to copy banks up to the Z749 disk and disk no 59,60,62 and 63. On
>   several of those I got a CRC error when trying to load them into the EMAX
>   (1). I got around that problem in all cases by rewriting the disk and
> trying
>   again (and then doing a save all on the emax immediately when the disk
>   loaded, otherwise I always got a CRC error the second time I loaded the
>   disk).
> 
>   On all banks above number 749 (except the ones mentioned above) I manage
> to
>   get the disks to load, but the presets and samples are broken. Often the
>   preset names look OK in the first and last couple of presets, but the ones
>   in the middle don't even show the PXX. Trying to select one of the broken
>   presets almost always reboots the EMAX. The strange thing is that on a
> given
>   bank, the errors always look exactly the same. The preset names are broken
>   in the same way, the samples sound the same regardles of what setup I used
>   to write the disk, HD/DD, "pure" DOS or win98 in dos mode etc.
> 
>   So I wonder if it isn't the disks that are incorrectly copied in to .emx
>   format in the first place. I'd like to know if anyone has been able to
> make
>   a (working) copy of the ZD778 FM Synth #1 bank or any other bank that I've
>   had no luck with.
> 
>   /Max
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Ben & Mana Model" <manaben@...>
>   To: <emax@yahoogroups.com>
>   Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 11:30 PM
>   Subject: [emax] still dealing with DOS...
> 
> 
>   > I've been struggling with emax I sound banks downloaded from the
>   emuarchive
>   > site.  I've finally gotten my hands on an old IBM thinkpad running Win
> 3.1
>   > which has the version of DOS which the EMX app (supposedly) behaves
> with.
>   >
>   > I've used EMX with this equipment using new DS/DD floppies to write
> sound
>   > banks to disks.  When I put the disks in my emax I keyboard or emax HD,
>   most
>   > of them do not work: they contain no presets, and one keeps freezing the
>   > emax.  The one or two banks that did work have a couple of presets that
>   are
>   > dead.
>   >
>   > Is it simply a matter of writing the bank several times and hoping one
> of
>   > the "writes" is good?  Or is there yet another PC or DOS factor I'm
>   missing?
>   > With the HD (rev 1.1) should I be using the emax I or emax II banks?
>   >
>   > Thanks!
>   >
>   > Ben
>   >
>   >
>   >
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John Silveria II
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