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Thanks Jammie,
 
It has a floppy cable connector inside, and that's what I connected my old floppy drive to with the old cable.  Could this still have a USB controller instead of a Floppy Hardware IC controller if it has the usual floppy connector? 
 

 



To: emax@yahoogroups.com
From: jammie.emma@...
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:23:05 +0100
Subject: Re: [emax] Re: Can't install Omnniflop Driver on Windows 7 ?


  



thats usb mode for floppy drive slot it enables a usb header pin for usb 
floppy and flash drive

check to see that your motherboard has a floppy controller see your mother 
board manufacturers site as it might be a usb version and they dont work you 
need a dedicated floppy hardware ic controller as this is what omniflop 
controls
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "el macaco" <elmacaco@...>
To: <emax@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 3:16 PM
Subject: RE: [emax] Re: Can't install Omnniflop Driver on Windows 7 ?

>
> Thanks Jammie & Cowboy,
>
> Good point. I will make sure the floppy is working with the regular 
> driver (I really only need the floppy for the emax so that's all I was 
> testing).
>
> If I can use the floppy with the MS driver to read and write disks is that 
> an indication that the drive and cable are OK, or should I still swap to 
> see if the omniflop driver will work?
>
> I checked the BIOS, floppy drive was enabled.
>
> This floppy drive has a mode where it enables a 3 card slot mode, I 
> suppose for a Flash card reader with 3 slots. This is disabled by default 
> (called regular floppy mode) would enabling that to test it out hurt 
> anything? I don't think it would help so I won't do it even in 
> desperation, but it might tell something about the motherboard floppy 
> sitation.
>
> I am in contact with the Omniflop guy and I hope to find a solution soon.
>
> Thanks
>
> Ed
>
>
>
>
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> From: thenewyorkcowboy@...
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:00:09 +0000
> Subject: [emax] Re: Can't install Omnniflop Driver on Windows 7 ?
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> In my experience there are basic differences sometimes with hardware 
> compatibility. Just because you think your floppy drive from your old 
> hardware is in perfect working condition, doesn't mean your new 
> motherboard will like it the right way. There is like around a 20% chance 
> your present floppy (OR FLOPPY CABLE) is incompatible with your 
> motherboard. I have seen those circumstances and just swapping out the 
> floppy (or cable) with a new one will fix it.
>
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, el macaco <elmacaco@...> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Thanks Kris,
>>
>> My motherboard had a floppy connector and I grabbed the floppy from my 
>> old PC. I only use EMXP with my Emax, so that's all the functionality I 
>> need, however, if it is considerable time, I don't blame you if you don't 
>> get right on it.
>>
>> I've spenty way to long trying the solution on the omniflop website over 
>> and over and it never worked. I'll have a look at some other tests.
>>
>> I'd say lets see if Mr. Omniflop has anything to offer before you start 
>> any wasted effort. But if there is no solution, then I would be very 
>> happy to use your old driver.
>>
>> Thanks so much man,
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> To: emax@yahoogroups.com
>> From: esynthesist@...
>> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:26:06 +0000
>> Subject: [emax] Re: Can't install Omnniflop Driver on Windows 7 ?
>>
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>>
>> Hi Ed,
>>
>> I'm not really aware of people using Windows 7 64bit with EMXP and 
>> OmniFlop - I can not say for sure that it works, I don't have a Windows 7 
>> system to test it myself.
>> Most Windows 7 systems are installed on new PC's which don't have any 
>> internal floppy drive anymore, so people using EMXP on such machine are 
>> typically not using the floppy disk functions of EMXP...
>>
>> OmniFlop is the only driver that currently can be used by EMXP. I'm 
>> thinking about adding another one (which is also faster), but it needs 
>> some additional programming and testing which will take some time...and 
>> I'm currently in the middle of building version 2.11 with Emulator-I 
>> support.
>>
>> As a temporary quick win, I could consider to re-release the very first 
>> 0.9 version of EMXP based on another floppy driver. That could be done 
>> much faster I guess, because the code base was very compact and simple. 
>> Version 0.9 was only capable of reading, writing and formatting Emax 
>> floppy disks, but that's sufficient for you I guess. And the files 
>> created/read by version 0.9 are the EMX files (.EM1, .EMX) which are also 
>> used by the current EMXP version.
>>
>> But if someone else has successfully used OmniFlop with Windows 7 64bit, 
>> there's little chance I will do the effort :-)
>>
>> ///E-Synthesist
>>
>> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, el macaco <elmacaco@> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks Jammie,
>> >
>> > But I am installing logged in as administrator, at least it lets me go 
>> > through with it and I have other admin access.
>> >
>> > There are instructions on the omniflop site that talk about how 64 bit 
>> > windows OS's have some new drivier signing system, and it shows two 
>> > ways to override them. A temporary and a permanent.
>> > See here:
>> >
>> > http://www.shlock.co.uk/Utils/OmniFlop/OmniFlop64.htm#Installation
>> >
>> > I have tried both, and I never get a usable omniflop driver. I have 
>> > access to the basic disk systems (emu EOS and Emu ESI) but not emax 
>> > file systems. I can't use it with Omniflop or with EMXP. In fact, on 
>> > that same page it says that the 64 bit omniflop is not guaranteed and 
>> > untested.
>> >
>> > I also tried installing the 32 bit driver, but that gives me an error 
>> > before installing saying that it is not designed for this platform.
>> >
>> > Is anyone using the 64 bit Omniflop driver successfully? I really just 
>> > need it for EMXP, for my emax, that's it, so if there is another floppy 
>> > driver that will support EMXP and Emax format disks please let me know.
>> >
>> > This is somewhat curious, when I install the Omniflop driver and 
>> > reboot, the display in device manager says floppy disk drive with an !, 
>> > but when I look at the details it has the OmniFlop driver info, when I 
>> > roll back the driver to the microsoft one, the display in device 
>> > manager says Omniflop Enhanced Floppy disk drive, even when I reboot, 
>> > and when I look at the driver details it says the microsoft details. I 
>> > wonder why it has the information for the drivers reversed? Maybe that 
>> > can help solve it/ I am going to email the Omniflop guy now too.
>> >
>> > Hey Kris,
>> >
>> > you must have other 64 bit EMXP users right, do they have omniflop 
>> > installed?
>> >
>> > If anyone has success stories or any suggestions I am all earts, I 
>> > don;t really want to use a second computer for EMXP or mess with other 
>> > operating systems etc.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Ed
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > To: emax@yahoogroups.com
>> > From: jammie.emma@
>> > Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:12:40 +0100
>> > Subject: Re: [emax] Can't install Omnniflop Driver on Windows 7 ?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > you need to install it as administrator
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: elmacaco@
>> > To: emax@yahoogroups.com
>> > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 5:40 PM
>> > Subject: [emax] Can't install Omnniflop Driver on Windows 7 ?
>> >
>> > Hey Guys, I have a new windows 7 Home premium 64 bit machine, my 
>> > motherboard has a floppy drive connector and it works with the standard 
>> > Windows driver.
>> >
>> > When I try to install the omniflop driver (Ive tried both the 64 bit 
>> > version and the 32 bit driver, which is newer) it goes through the 
>> > motions, but when I start Omniflop ( to make an EIII OS disk for a 
>> > friend) I get an error that the driver isnt installed correctly.
>> >
>> > I get the warning
>> >
>> > "No OmniFlop Driver"
>> >
>> > The Omniflop driver is not installed correctly.
>> >
>> > When I look in the device manager at the Floppy Disk Driver details, I 
>> > see the following error.
>> >
>> > Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required 
>> > for this device. A recent hardware or software change might have 
>> > installed a file that is signed incorrectly or damaged, or that might 
>> > be malicious software from an unknown source. (Code 52)
>> >
>> > I am trying some solutions now but not having any luck, has anyone 
>> > encountered this or perhaps know of a solution? Is anyone using EMXP 
>> > with the omniflop driver on Windows 7 Home Premium?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Ed
>> >
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