Emax

Hi,
An interesting thread, here is some more info which should be useful. My
close working relationship with E-mu means that I have now have access to
the original PAL chip designs for a range of "emulators", and approval to
remanufacture will be given later this year. This is part of a larger
project to ensure rare E-mu designs are not lost and that these chips are
once again available to customers via The Emulator Archive. You may have
noticed that E-mu no longer deal directly in ANY spares, and that the
support system will soon by web based and phone only (no email). Times are
hard. Re-manufacturing Emax II memory upgrade kits complete with 8MB EEPROM
and daughter board is not a big priority for us at The Emulator Archive,
although technically we could do this. The continual fall in second hand
sampler prices means few people are likely to want to spend much on an Emax
II and we have seen little demand for upgrades. If 40 people email me back
wanting upgrades - we will do it!

I would encourage anyone interested in E-mu designs, spares, or history to
contact me off list for more information and help as I am in touch with all
the E-mu team past and present. This should avoid the need to reverse
engineer designs which is time consuing and will give E-mu's legal
department some work !

Once we have re-manufactured PAL chips available we will let people know.
They won't cost much. If there is strong interest we will remanufacture
specific upgrades. Email me off list if interested.

Regards
Rob
The Emulator Archive




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