Emax

If you also go by Polibio Diaz, then you have bought a Slim Floppy  
converter from me.
But that is the only item.

I suggested you could try a CF to IDE adapter in conjunction with a  
SCSI bridge.
However I see that you are also talking about Emax 2, and I clearly  
have stated I don't have one of those to test with.

I am unsure what cable you are talking about.... unless it is an IDE  
extension cable so that the SCSI to IDE bridge fits in a Emax  1  
keyboard as otherwise it gets in the way of the keys. I know I sent  
you a picture of my extender. However, I never bought parts then made  
a cable to ship to you.

I know you also talked about buying a Dell Drive and getting extra IDE  
cables for it, but no idea what that drive was and I don't think that  
drive would ever be able to work in Emax in any fashion.

If the Startech CF drive were to work there are several things that  
must be done.
1) The drive set as Master
2) The SCSI to IDE bridge jumpers set at ID0 and term power jumper  
must be on.

But if you also have a hard disk in the system, then you would not  
want it to be ID0, you would want another #, or you would have a scsi  
conflict.
Additionally if there is a hard drive, it may also have term power on  
which could keep the setup from working.

It would be better if you sent me some pictures of what is connected  
in the Emax, and the boards so I can verify what things look like.

The Emax 2 should not be so different a configuration as to be  
unrecognizable, provided the pictures are of suitable quality.

Also- I have reports of people using 1GB Flash in their PCD-50b drives  
in Emax 2 successfully.

The flash should be Class 2, if it is class 4 or 6 (high speed), that  
is too fast for the Emax SCSI bus.

Regards,
Ted

On Oct 19, 2009, at 6:14 PM, PaulD wrote:

Hi Ted,

At that time you didn't have drives, I bought it from a link you sent  
me, and I did buy the rest of the stuff from you...remember that I was  
missing a cable and had to delay to order it? LOL

Well here is the info:

Startech.com
Compact Flash to IDE Adapter with 3.5" Bay Enclosure
above the Barcode: 35BAYCF2IDE
Under barcode: 6503082419

Hope this helps.

Paul

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:
 >
 > Paul-
 >
 > I have checked my invoices, you are not in my list of buyers.
 > Where did you get the drive?
 > What model is it?
 >
 > Many of these drives do not have a read/ write firmware only READ
 > firmware. Which would prevent the format.
 >
 > That is what I had to do- get a read/write firmware for the drives I
 > am selling.
 >
 > Regards,
 > Ted
 >
 > On Oct 18, 2009, at 10:17 PM, PaulD wrote:
 >
 > Believe it or not, I still haven't used in 6 months the CF
 > Drive....Nothing will format. I have a Kodak 128mb CF card, tons of  
SD
 > Cards awith the CF Card adapter and nada...
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
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