Emax

Okay. My Emax keyboard has been officially "PIMPED". It have the SCSI upgrade now. Thanks to Ted for his great assistance, it turned out with much success.

I highly recommend this upgrade. It is really not that complicated if you can solder and also properly prepare for yourself for performing this surgery. 

Ted came to my rescue in the end I must say and it really feels great to know that I can connect a card reader be in business.

Do yourself a favor if you have the Rev 2 board and is only using floppy. "Get The Upgrade". You will be so glad you did in the end.


Reggie



--- On Sun, 11/9/08, Jip Harrio <harrioj@...> wrote:

> From: Jip Harrio <harrioj@...>
> Subject: Re: [emax] emax version 2 board SCSI upgrade in action...
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008, 1:09 PM
> "Disregard the message that I transmitted before this
> one. It was accidentally transmitted before I completed
> it."
> 
> I went back and revisited the procedure and discovered that
> I had attached the ribbon connector incorrectly from the PCB
> board to the Analog board. It was causing some overheating.
> Luckily I caught it before powering the unit on again.
> 
> Well after fixing that problem I desoldered, resoldered and
> recut IAW the step by step guidance. I finally plug and
> powered up and got the "Diagnostics" reading on
> the display. However it did not read "E-mu Systems, Inc
> Diagnostics" as it read on my Emax rack. It only reads
> "Diagnostics" and the "Loading Software"
> so I excited until the dreaded "Timeout Error"
> appeared. 
> 
> That is where I am stuck right now. Does anyone have any
> idea what is causing this?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Reggio
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 11/3/08, mr julian
> <jujulilianan@...> wrote:
> 
> > From: mr julian <jujulilianan@...>
> > Subject: Re: [emax] emax version 2 board SCSI upgrade
> in action...
> > To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Monday, November 3, 2008, 4:24 AM
> > re: buzzing out - Sorry, but it sounds like it's
> time
> > for a tech.  - The 
> > PCB mod job really is only an hour, case open to case
> > close, for someone 
> > who has the tools and knows what they're doing. of
> > course, now you quite 
> > possibly have to fix a burned thing, too. It
> doesn't
> > even have to be a 
> > synth tech. though a synth tech would be preferred.
> > 
> > 
> > But if you really want to press on, I'd seriously
> > recommend you don't 
> > use a box cutter. You want something with a lot more
> > control than that, 
> > and with more sideways strength than a razor blade.
> > 
> > something like this. 
> > http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=HG9955
> > 
> > Or better, you can often get these in a set of 3, and
> you
> > use the middle 
> > one in the set. ones available in singles are usually
> the
> > small one...
> > 
> > You can get them from art shops, and hardware shops,
> as
> > well as 
> > electronics shops.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Jip Harrio wrote:
> > 
> > >I used a razor to cut through the traces. There
> were a
> > couple of traces very hard to get to because they are
> so
> > close to other traces that do not require a cut.
> > >
> > >I probably need to go back a do a re-cut on each
> trace.
> > I will used a Stanley box cutter (razor) and make
> better
> > cut. 
> > >
> > >I don't understand the question about about
> buzzing
> > the mods out afterwards. Can you elaborate?
> > >
> > >  
> > >