Emax

Information for known good adapters is in the database section in the Yahoo
Group if you login there and go look.

Rgrds,
Ted

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 10:48 AM, nung242 <nung242@...> wrote:

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> The SCSI card reader I got has the slot for CF, SD, PC CARD and MMC.
> The PC CARD slot with the PC CARD SD adapter is the only one that works for
> me on my EMAX II. I tried the SD slot, but it will not see the card and
> seems to only see the slot with the PC CARD adapter in it. I have not had a
> chance to try a separate CF card.
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> To format you will need to have a floppy with the EMAX II OS on it in the
> floppy drive, then choose format and get to the point where you choose the
> media to format, then choose drive select - SCSI 1 - which is the ID you
> should have the SCSI drive set to.
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> Ted Summers has exact info on the PC CARD adapter to buy, I am at work and
> dont have access to it, but I got it off ebay for like 6 dollars.
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> Good luck!
> Jason van Helsdingen
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> --- On Fri, 1/8/10, drifter7508 <drifter7508@...<drifter7508%40yahoo.com>>
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> From: drifter7508 <drifter7508@yahoo.com <drifter7508%40yahoo.com>>
> Subject: [emax] Re: How to:? Format SD Card from XP for Emax Boot
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Friday, January 8, 2010, 10:26 AM
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> Thanx again for the info =) So im cleared then,
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> just bought an scsi cf card reader from ebay.
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> All I have to do is to insert the CF card in my Emax II and
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> format it, then it should show up in EMXP with a USB CF card reader right?
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> --- In emax@yahoogroups. com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@ ...> wrote:
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> > On my windows vista laptop, EMXP can read and write SD cards with both
> the internal card reade *and* with a USB card reader.
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> > And it works for both the Emax and the Emax-II (the type of sampler
> shouldn't matter anyway, problems with card readers on EMXP/Windows are a
> windows/driver issue not related to what EMXP does with the card...)
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> > The only difference between using EMXP and SD cards for Emax and Emax-II
> is that for Emax-II the cards must have been specifically *physically*
> formatted for use in an Emax-II.
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> > However, formatting removable harddisks (like SD cards) for use in
> Emax-II is NOT supported by EMXP, because I simply didn't succeed yet in
> finding out why my formatting routines don't work for the Emax-II :-)
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> > So if you have an Emax-II, you must first format the SD card in the
> Emax-II itself before you can write and read the card with EMXP.
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> > But if you have an Emax, you don't have to format the SD card
> specifically for the Emax - the preformatting of the card (done for
> Windows/Mac) should be OK. So you can immediately start reading and writing
> the cards with EMXP.
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> > --- In emax@yahoogroups. com, "drifter7508" <drifter7508@ > wrote:
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> > > Thx for the info =)
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> > > Still dont understand why a USB card reader adn EMXP
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> > > works with Emax and not Emax II?
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> > > Whats the difference??
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> > > My trouble is that all my computers are MAC.
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> > > That means no SCSI solutions, no solutions for floppy...
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> > > and so on. My only hope is to be able to either get hands
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> > > of a working SCSI CD Rom or use a SCSI CF card reader with
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> > > a USB CF Card reader connected to my MAC using EMXP.
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> > > (Im running WIN7 on my MACS)
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> > > So basically a USB CF card reader = Not working with EMXP to make
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> > > EMAX II Images?
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> > > --- In emax@yahoogroups. com, nung242 <nung242@> wrote:
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> > > > I tried a USB card reader for the EMAX II and it will not work
> writing from EMXP, it has to be a built in one, or a PC card one. It has
> something to do with the SCSI connection I think. I bought one of the SCSI
> CF/SD card writers from TED Summers and mounted it in my EMAX II and it
> works great. There is a SD pc card adapter you have to buy, but it cost like
> 6 dollars off ebay.
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> > > > I put the SD card adapter in my XP laptop, use EMXP to write to the
> SD card, then I take the adaptor out with the SD card still in it and put it
> in the pc card slot on the card reader mounted in the EMAX II, you can boot
> from it also.�  Works like a charm.
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> > > > I think you can only use up to 512mb size SD cards, but with that
> much space, you can load the O/S and tons of banks on one card.
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> > > > � Hope this helps.
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> > > > Jason van Helsdingen�  Synthesist for the EBM/Industrial band - TV
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> > > > www.last.fm/ music/_TV_
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> > > > --- On Wed, 1/6/10, drifter7508 <drifter7508@ > wrote:
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> > > > From: drifter7508 <drifter7508@ >
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> > > > Subject: [emax] Re: How to:? Format SD Card from XP for Emax Boot
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> > > > To: emax@yahoogroups. com
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> > > > Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 5:40 AM
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> > > > > As far as I remember from my tests it should be possible for Emax-I
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> > > > > For Emax-I the only thing you have to do is:
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> > > > > - put the (pre-formatted out-of-the-box) SD card in your USB card
> writer and check in Windows Explorer which drive letter has been assigned to
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> > > > > - open EMXP and create a blank "HD/CD image" for Emax-I (menu
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> EMXP, use menu 1.4.3, I guess you should use the Emax Plus OS, downloadable
> here or from emulatorarchive)
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> > > > > - "restore" this image to your SD card with EMXP (menu 1.5.1.3)
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> > > > > Normally this card should work as a bootable hard disk for your
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