Emax

ZIP DISKS ARE FINE and cheap try and get a + model as they are less prone to the disk of death clicking syndrome or get a cf flash drive

which consists of a scsi to ide adapter bridge card and get a apro pcmcia to ide these are hot swapable you just need a pcmcia to compact flash converter card i use 32mb compact flash disks

the card is a acard 50 pin ultra scsi to ide interface card cpl have some second hand 1.s for $30 the apro card is about $60 the reson i say the apro one is its hot swap any ide to cf card is not becuase the ide buss was never resetable how the apro pcmcia card drive works is it has a interface chip that deals with the ide and the interface chip is able to reset the pcmcia card with out dissabling the ide buss
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Daniel Baum 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 7:34 PM
  Subject: Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.


    Thanks everyone for replying to my mail.

  Since I last wrote I have tested the floppy and it does work - I was able to 
  create a bootable OS disk.

  I have a big pile of diskettes left over from old computers but most of them 
  are HD, and the Emax doesn't seem to like them even if you format them as DD 
  in the emax. Is this right?

  My only real worry is the longevity of the hard disk, which I would like to 
  back up as soon as possible. The cheapest option seems to be a Zip drive, 
  which are available on eBay for next to nothing. I never had one of these 
  even when they were new. Are they reliable?

  Another option would be to put together an external hard disk. I found what 
  appears to be the right kind of enclosure, but very small 50-pin SCSI disks 
  seem to be pretty thin on the ground, even on eBay. Does anyone have any 
  suggestions where I might find one?

  Thanks,

  D. 



  


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