Emax

the only reason scsiforsamplers is selling those cf drives cheap is that he got a batch of acard scsi to ide adapters cheap when they are gone they are gone as acard no longer produces them 

if you look on the net they usually sell for £100-130 for each adapter card 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ted Summers 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [emax] SCSI Kits, Zips, etc....


    Well the DIY CF thing is too expensive. I looked up some of the parts and to
  build it would cost upwards of $100 per unit in raw parts, plus time.
  I was trying to find a way to do something for under $100 per unit.

  Oh well.....

  On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Elk Latham <elk_latham@sbcglobal.net>wrote:

  >
  >
  > I'd be interested in a CF kit.
  > Do you know what the max size CF card that could be used?
  > For instance. I have a EVI xt and the card reader/writer I installed can't
  > work with anything larger then 4 GB cards.
  > It's a limitation of the drive.
  >
  > ________________________________
  > From: Ted Summers <djtbs1@... <djtbs1%40gmail.com>>
  > To: emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com>
  > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:41:05 AM
  > Subject: [emax] SCSI Kits, Zips, etc....
  >
  >
  >
  > I know SCSI Zip may be getting hard to find.
  > I tested IDE Zip with Acard SCSI bridge and that works fine.
  >
  > I have easily found internal IDE Zip drives for as little as $5.
  > There is a stack at my local used computer outlet, as well as brand
  > new ones......which cost more, but I dunno how much more.
  >
  > Just letting folks know that is another tested combination.
  >
  > I have recently restocked all parts for kits and have another 10 kits
  > available.
  >
  > One other thing- I found a page for making your own SCSI CF drive. The
  > PCB have to be made, but firmware already created and free under GNU
  > or GPL license.
  > Common parts to build it.
  >
  > Was thinking about investigating costs associated with making this.
  >
  > Peoples thoughts- should I really dig into this to see what the cost
  > would be? How many would be interested?
  > I don't think it would be the $250 some are charging for CF drives......
  >
  > Regards,
  > Ted
  >
  > On Aug 9, 2009, at 11:59 AM, jammie wrote:
  >
  > 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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