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Re: [emax] how to determine the OS version of my newly bought Emax?

2009-02-20 by Ted Summers

My understanding is that if the Emax is not SE, the SE OS will not boot the
unit.

Regards,
Ted

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 7:36 AM, bermudaben2006 <bermudaben2006@...>wrote:

>   Hi there,
> I bought an Emax on Ebay and I am not sure if any of the previous
> owners upgraded it to SE OS.
> The guy who sold it to me included a few diskettes, some of them
> labelled with "SE 1.1", some of them with "OS 3.2". When I insert the
> ones labelled with "SE 1.1" and check the OS in the Master Module it
> says "SE 1.1". When I insert the other ones it says "3.2".
> Now, this is not surprising, since the OS is on the diskette. But does
> this mean I have SE 1.1 installed on my Emax? What if someone just
> copied SE 1.1 on these diskettes, without upgrading the Emax? Would
> Emax accept these diskettes or would it display an error message?
> One more thing I don't understand: If the Emax OS is only on the
> diskette, why do you need a special diskette to upgrade it? It would
> seem logical to just put the new OS on a diskette and load it.
> Thanks for your help,
> Ben
>
> 
>


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