Emax

Can someone who has it working look into their card?

Thanks,

paul

PS- I am starting to believe that it's my CF/SD card adapter...


--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "thenewyorkcowboy" <thenewyorkcowboy@...> wrote:
>
> Just came across this description on Ebay, and it got me thinking that there might be CF cards out there that don't respond correctly to the adapter, just an $0.02.
> 
> TOPRAM 8GB Compact Flash Card Item: 220395779485	
> 
> TOP Quality Samsung IC
> 
> Features
> CompactFlash™ specification type-I (3.3 mm) standard.
> 3.3V / 5V single power supply operation
> Card density is 8 Giga bytes maximum
> Three variations of mode access which are memory card mode, I/O card mode and true IDE mode
> Fast ATA host-to-buffer transfer rates supporting PIO Mode 4 and Multi-Word DMA 2 in True-IDE mode also support removable device or fixed device
> High reliability based on internal ECC (Error Correcting Code) function
> Integrated 512 Byte PCMCIA Sector Buffer and 256 Byte PCMCIA Attribute Memory
> PCMCIA Configuration Option Register, Card Configuration and Status Register and Pin Replacement Register support
> Automatic power-down mode and sleep mode
> 
> True IDE Mode
> The card can be configured in a True IDE mode of operation. This card is configured in this mode only when the –OE input
> signal is asserted GND by the host. In this True IDE mode Attribute Registers are not accessible from the host. Only I/O
> operation to the task file and data register are allowed. If this card is configured during power on sequence, data
> register are accessed in word (16-bit). The card permits 8-bit accesses if the user issues a Set Feature Command to put the
> device in 8-bit mode.
> 
> So maybe the SCSI interface on the EmaxI/II series needs 8bit access, or a true IDE mode when translated across the SCSI/IDE adapter.
> 
> BTW no one has answered my question yet what does a CDROM say on an EmaxII when there is no disc in the drive?  Does it identify itself or does it say "NOT EMAXII DRIVE"  I can't figure out if I am burning my CDs wrong or I need a different CDROM than the one I am experimenting with, a Toshiba XM-3401BMA.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> thanks
> 
> 
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "thenewyorkcowboy" <thenewyorkcowboy@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "pauldays1" <pauldays1@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I did the CF/SD Card upgrade.  Have this drive as a secondary, keeping the disk drive as the first.  I just got my keyboard back from repairing 2 broken keys.  I go through the MASTER menu and decide to format a 128MB SD Card which is loaded but I get the "HD not EMAX2" error on the LCD.
> > > 
> > > What should I do?
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > 
> > > Paul
> > >
> > This is exactly my fear as well from our earlier exchange where I had a theoretical idea of what to do but wasn't getting it to work with my CF reader in my laptop.  With all the varied sizes and makes of CF cards, it may be a compatibility issue.  As well, if you have a CF reader on your computer, there is no way to format the CF through the EMXP software, only a way to create CDROM and ZIP images of 100,239,and 639mb.  MAYBE a solution is to try writing a ZIP100 image to the card, when assigned to H: in your computer, but the basic recognition of the card is the dilemma.
> > 
> > Maybe a solution is to download the diagnostics manual here: 
> > 
> > http://www.emulatorarchive.com/assets/PDF/Emax%20II%20Diagnostics.pdf
> > 
> > And see if there is some HD diagnostic portion such as MASTER,9,9,3629,8 that will allow the Emax to correct the reason why it cannot recognize the drive.  I dunno, as I haven't gotten my CF upgrade finished yet.  Ted or Esynthesist would be the best one to answer.
> >
>