Emax

what make and models did you buy first

what jumper settings are you using as this makes a big difference

what ide to cf card adapter are you using as some only support pio mode

and the scsi to ide needs to be set to this mode to work

the cf card that you got is fine they work

can you post pictures of set up as i can tell you what jumpers and settings 
to get it to work so can ted
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brandt R. Gassman" <brandt@...>
To: <emax@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] Re: Point me to the places where to buy the right CF 
kit.


> Ah, OK.  I understand the situation now.  Sorry if you've shared this
> information with the group already, but what external SCSI devices
> have you tried?
>
> The external SCSI > IDE > CF I'm using is the Spyrus MC-DISK2, which I
> purchased from scsiforsamplers.com in 2008 before they ran out. As
> noted, I successfully formatted two 1GB SanDisk CF cards with this
> unit (set to SCSI device #3). I've also used this device successfully
> with my Emulator III (set to device #5).
>
> Also, what type of Emax II do you have, and are you running the latest
> OS (2.14)? My Emax II was running 2.14 when I formatted the cards.
>
>
> On Feb 6, 2010, at 6:09 PM, drifter7508 wrote:
>
>> I have tried a bunch of different CF cards.
>> Most recently Sandisk 512 Mb oldschool
>> Dos fat 16 preform. cards. No luck.
>> The Emax wont even find the
>> units in the scsi connection. So I cant
>> format anything. :-(
>>
>> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Brandt R. Gassman" <brandt@...> wrote:
>> >
>> > What brand of CF cards are you using? How long are you allowing for
>> > the cards to format? I just successfully formatted two 1GB CF cards
>> > on an Emax II Turbo rack, but each card took about three hours to
>> > complete the "Verifying" process.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Feb 6, 2010, at 5:16 PM, drifter7508 wrote:
>> >
>> > > Isnt that exactly what I recently bought and
>> > > failed with? Not the same brand "Acard"
>> > > but exactly the same spec.
>> > >
>> > > I got 2 scsi cases allready. :)
>> > >
>> > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "jammie" <jammie.emma@> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > you are going to find it hard now most kits have been sold buy a
>> > > acard 7720u scsi to ide adapter by an external scsi cdrom case
>> get a
>> > > ide to cf adapter try and get a atapi compliant so that it is hot
>> > > swappable
>> > > >
>> > > > and a 5.25"plate to 3.5" plate reducer for the 3.5" floppy size
>> > > ide to cf card drive this set up is going to cost you a bit so
>> shop
>> > > around on ebay for the scsi xternal cdrom case discard the cdrom
>> and
>> > > the scsi to ide interface
>> > > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > > From: drifter7508
>> > > > To: emax@yahoogroups.com
>> > > > Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 9:20 PM
>> > > > Subject: [emax] Point me to the places where to buy the right CF
>> > > kit.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > So, Im fed up with all failures now.
>> > > >
>> > > > Can somebody please point me to a CF kit that actually 100%
>> > > > works with EMAX II.
>> > > >
>> > > > I would not like to buy a slim floppy and such, I'd rather
>> have a
>> > > > the CF kit installed in an external scsi case.
>> > > >
>> > > > Thx.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
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