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Thanks for the reply
 
Yes, it just sits there saying "Not an Emax 2 drive"
 
I'm going to try the basics - unplugging & re-plugging etc, and see if I can find where the problem lies - at least I know that I should be able to do it the way I was trying (I had thought I might have been barking up the wrong tree completely).
 


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From: Francis Cote <francis.cote@...>
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, 27 September 2011, 17:51
Subject: Re: [emax] Dumb question from a newbie - Can't format a ZIP on EMAX II

Hi,

I got my Emax 2 about 2 months ago and I had no issues formatting a Zip.
There is a write protection on ZIp disks, but you wouldn't be able to format
it on the PC either...

Does it just stay there saying "Not an Emax 2 drive"? I can't even try it
again as all my music equipement is in a pile somewhere while I'm moving my
workspace.

Someone has to have an idea.


On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:04 PM, factormax86 <factormax86@...> wrote:

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>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just joined the forum having just obtained an EMAX II (had an EMAX I for a
> while).
>
> It's a 2212 that has been expanded to 4Mb memory. I'm booting from floppy
> with OS v2.14.
>
> I have a SCSI ZIP drive attached as SCSI #5 and with Termination set "on".
>
> I can't see anything in the manual about formatting ZIPs, but I went
> through the format process using the Master module and Option #5 "Format",
> and I get to the point where it says "Format Disk Select a Drive", and when
> I try to select SCSI #5, it says "Not an EMAX2 Disk".
>
> I believe the ZIP drive is connected correctly because I can load banks
> from the ZIP disk that the previous owner supplied, and it works absolutely
> fine.
>
> I've tried it with both re-used and brand new unopened ZIP 100 disks, and
> it's no different.
>
> I tried formatting first on a PC using an USB ZIP250 drive, but again, the
> EMAX II won't recognise it as an EMAX2 disk.
>
> I looked at EMXP, but that also says it can not format an EMAX2 ZIP.
>
> Is there something obvious I'm doing wrong? (For example, is there any
> write-protection on a ZIP disk - I can't see anything obvious like there is
> on a floppy?)
>
> Any help welcome.
>
>  
>


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