Emax

Hi,

I don't wanna sound stupid by I can't find any link to download this. Can
someone point me in the right direction please?

Thanks a bunch

Francis


On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 3:52 PM, rjmm1900 <rjmacarthur@...> wrote:

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> I did some more testing using Basilisk II with mounting the SDEmax.hfs and
> was able to get it to work.
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> The caveat is that it won't work when there is more than 19mb of System
> Ram.
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> I don't know if this is a program limitation or because the original Mac
> this disk was used on was configured for a Mac with less ram.
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> <Working with 16mb Ram>
> http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9522/sdemaxos8116mb.png
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> <Not working with 32mb Ram>
> http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/7564/sdemaxos8132mb.png
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> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "jack" <jammie.emma@...> wrote:
> >
> > dont know if it works with os8 i use os7.6.1 as i use the whole
> sounddesigner2 with soundtools accelerater card and external adc dac and it
> only works with os7
> >
> > as the version 2.5 and higher stopped support for hardware samplers
> which worked with os8
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: rjmm1900
> > To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 8:32 PM
> > Subject: [emax] Re: Sound Designer for EMAX has anyone got a disk image?
> >
> >
> >
> > Did you write it to a Zip Disk? Also do you know if it is compatible
> with Mac OS 8.1?
> >
> > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "jack" <jammie.emma@> wrote:
> > >
> > > it vworks here you have to use the exe image file so that it writes
> the image to the file as it was made
> > >
> > > its a raw image and needs to be written as that that is why the exe
> file was created to read the raw file and create actual copy of the
> original hd drive
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: rjmm1900
> > > To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 5:46 PM
> > > Subject: [emax] Re: Sound Designer for EMAX has anyone got a disk
> image?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > So I tried something a little bit different to try and run Sound
> Designer Emax,
> > >
> > > I used the enclosed application for writing the SDEmax.hfs to a
> Compact Flash card on a PCMCIA adapter on a Windows laptop.
> > >
> > > I tried it in my PowerBook 190cs and it wouldn't mount. :(
> > >
> > > I then prepared the Compact Flash card before hand on the PowerBook
> formatting it in HFS Normal and Extended and repeated the process and it
> still wouldn't mount.
> > >
> > > Just for record the PCMCIA Adapter with Compact Flash does work on the
> PowerBook and will format, it is 4gb in size.
> > >
> > > What I did do was use the Drive Steup program on Mac OS 8.1 to write a
> driver to the SDEmax compact flash volume that wouldn't mount and this made
> it mount.
> > >
> > > Although the application kept throwing the same error messages, I
> guess writing a driver to the volume damages the integrity.
> > >
> > > I've now been trying to get it to work in Basilisk II the 68K Mac
> Emulator by mounting the HFS file as a device and it still gives the same
> error message.
> > >
> > > So far it looks like I'll have to acquire a costly SCSI Zip Drive with
> SCSI DB25 to HDI-30 Adapter.
> > >
> > > But before I do that can you guarantee that the software that has been
> shared does actually work?
> > >
> > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > As I have explained in my e-mail, this software can only run if you
> copy the full HFS image to either a Mac hard disk or to a ZIP disk.
> > > >
> > > > Copying the HFS image to a CDROM does not work, since Sound Designer
> must be installed on a writeable disk.
> > > > Copying the software .BIN from the HFS image to a HD or floppy does
> not work neither, because of the copy protection mechanism.
> > > >
> > > > You can only use it if you copy the full HFS image to a hard disk
> with read/write capabilities and with a capacity of minimum 100MB. A ZIP
> 100MB disk is the most obvious solution.
> > > > To copy the HFS image to a ZIP disk, you can use the small .exe file
> which can be found in the SDEmax package
> > > >
> > > > ///E-Synthesist
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "rjmm1900" <rjmacarthur@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Just thought I'd share my results with this software.
> > > > >
> > > > > I first mounted the SDEmax.HFS file with Toast Deluxe 4.1.3 so it
> would appear as a CD Rom
> > > > > to the Mac OS 8.1, but the program failed upon execution.
> > > > >
> > > > > This resulted in a "Sound Designer Emax 1.12 has unexpectedly
> quit, because an error of type 1 occurred".
> > > > >
> > > > > Interestingly it will throw random type errors between 1-10.
> > > > >
> > > > > I also tried copying it from the disk image and running it from
> the hard disk but this gave the same error.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sometimes the application would get past the error message and
> show Sound Designer Emax 1.12 in the menu bar, but locked up the Mac
> straight after.
> > > > >
> > > > > Perhaps there is a better tool for mounting an HFS file? is this
> HFS file a CD Rom image?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > No virus found in this message.
> > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> > > Version: 2012.0.1873 / Virus Database: 2101/4638 - Release Date:
> 11/25/11
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