Emax

I am using one of Ted's flash drives in an EMAX II and it works great.  I misread the posts on capacity and got a 32MB flash card, but that's good enough for what I do.  If you change the SCSI boot ID to match the flash drive, you can boot from it.  There must be a floppy drive connected, but it doesn't need to have an OS disk in it.

You will need a PCMCIA adapter.  This one will take around two weeks to arrive, but it's cheap: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250370843852&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:
>
> 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:
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>  > 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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