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Re: [emax] Emax 1 SE HD : "Bank Error" problem

2011-12-01 by Ted Summers

Bank error could be corrupt bank or corrupt HD catalog.

You could:
boot from floppy
format HD and see if it completes.
if it fails, the HD may be failing.
Simply inserting a floppy with OS and turning on the machine should boot
from the floppy.

Emax uses DSDD floppy.
best to use DSDD, but if you don't have any- then cover the hole (not the
write protect hole, the other one) and it will trick the floppy drive to
believe it is DSDD.

If you don't have a boot floppy, then make one before formatting the HD...

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 12:05 PM, zoog_angelspit
<zoog_angelspit@...>wrote:

> **
>
>
> I just got my Emax HD SE Keyboard...LOVE IT!
> ...but i keep getting a "BANK ERROR" whenever I try to load or save
> anything.
>
> Q: how do i tell the Emax to load/save from a floppy as opposed to the HD?
> (which i assume is wrecked)
>
> Q: how can I test if the HD is still functioning?
>
> Also...I'm told the Emax does not like HD floppies...is this true?
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated
>
>  
>


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