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Re: Has anybody got an image of disk to upgrade from emax to emax se?

2008-07-27 by Phreak boy

thank you all very much for your help

much appreciated

will give the files here a good
--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Sotnick" <sotnickd@...> wrote:
>
> They still are in the files section:
> 
> seup.em1
> emaxutil.exe
> 
> I have also successfully turned an Emax I into an Emax SE using that
> image and a PC running DOS.
> 
> -Dave
> 
> On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 9:34 AM, John Silveria II
> <john@...> wrote:
> > Yeah, I'm not sure where the Files went. They use to be in the 
groups
> > File area. I'd have to look around on a couple of my older PCs 
since
> > I've gone through about 4 of them since that page was made on my 
site.
> > It's hard to believe, but I've been involved with this group for 
about
> > 14 years now (starting with the original group pre-yahoo). A lot 
of
> > information has accumulated, but with that also means a lot of it 
is
> > very outdated or from sources that have since moved on. I more or 
less
> > just monitor the group now and approve members.
> >
> > Phreak boy wrote:
> >> according to this...
> >> http://www.silveriafamily.com/emax/emax_repair.html
> >>
> >> SE: Upgrading an Emax or Emax HD to SE is not as simple as 
getting a
> >> copy of the correct SE OS. Before the Emax can use a SE OS it 
must
> >> first have the SE Upgrade disk ran on it. For a long time this 
was
> >> thought to no longer be possible. The SE Upgrade disk is a self-
> >> corrupting installation disk that updates a special EEPROM 
inside the
> >> Emax. After running it the Upgrade portion is corrupted, but the
> >> banks are left intact. Unfortunately E-mu accidentally destroyed 
the
> >> Mac that the information was stored in so not even they could 
create
> >> more disks.
> >>
> >> Fortunately, in February 2004 a list member named Carsten Ender
> >> notified us that he had managed to make an image of an unused SE
> >> Upgrade Disk with the EmaxUtil program available in the lists 
Files
> >> section, he uploaded the image there as well. It has been 
succesfully
> >> used by a fellow list member, midi_patchbay, who posted his
> >> instructions and gave me the permission reprint them here. I have
> >> modified his post to be more generic.
> >>
> >> Theres no file for download on above site and the email address 
does
> >> not work
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Yahoo! Messenger: EmaxJS
> > The Silveria Family Website and Emax and Emax II User's Group
> > http://www.silveriafamily.com
> >
> >
>

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