Emax

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, David <d2ba@...> wrote:
> if you just brought that one in the ebay auction then it is a hd and
will have the internal 50pin connector all you need is a 50 pin
internal to 50pin centronics external 

you will need to make a slot for the connector in the bottom of the
back panel and also if you want it to boot from a zip100 drive then
you will have to get an internal zip drive and put it in a housing 
because you can only set these drives to scsi id 0 

the external zip drives only id at 5 and six and you need it to work
at id 0 for it to boot the os 

i noticed that the machine is broken and does not get past the
diagnostic screen which led,s stay on this will tell you what is wrong
with the machine 

also check the ribbon cable between the motherboard and analog board
i have had people disconnect it to see if they can fix there machine
then to put the cable in backwards which makes it the wrong polarity
and it wont boot and always gets stuck on the diagnostics.

i have fixed many a sampler and synth this way because people have put
the cables back wrong asr10 and eps16+ blows fuses and the machine
then dont work then they think is broken even more.

the blue or red line on the ribbon cable denotes pin 1 there should be
a 1 on the circuit board were pin one is simple line up the coloured
line  on the ribbon cable to this printed pin 1 and you will always
have correct polarity this is the same for all electronics ribbon
cables as this is the standard followed by all manufacturers.

you can boot the emax with out the floppy you need to put a jumper on
one set of pins this information is on this list then you will have to
get an image of a formatted with os for the emax zip disk from some
one on this site.

i still use the floppy for the os and only use the zip drive for
samples and sound banks

jammie

> thanks Jamie
> how can I tell if my Emax is scsi
> link here
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160282601144
> 
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> On 16/09/2008, at 6:22 AM, jammie wrote:
> 
> > buy a scsi external zip drive and a internal to 50 centronics  
> > external adapter and fit it to the back of the emax then you can  
> > format it to 20mb
> >
> > download the operating system and put it on floppy the programs for  
> > this is in the files section then you can format the scsi drive make  
> > shure that it is set to scsi id 0 then it will boot from this drive
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: David
> > To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 7:09 PM
> > Subject: [emax] Re: Emax 1 service techs in USA (Unit powers on but  
> > won't go past the emu diagnostics menu)
> >
> > On 14/09/2008, at 9:22 AM, David wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Im the proud owner of two 8 Meg Emax 2 keyboards and love those
> > >
> > > I just bought an Emax HD rack off Ebay
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160282601144
> > >
> > > and would like to get this serviced in US or some pointers as to
> > > what parts might be faulty
> > > Maybe harddrive and floppy drive--is there any known replacement
> > > hard drive for Emax HD
> > >
> > > thanks in advance
> > > Dave
> > >
> >
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