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RE: Re: [emax] Emax I HD SE booting from an Internal Zip Drive..possible?

2013-10-25 by windrumscoggin@...

So you are saying that to use IDE internal ZIP you need one of teds 'flashed' adapter boards but an Internal SCSI version will work just fine without any mods?
OK...
Still, seems maybe finding a used SCM MicroSystems PCD 50/60 B
Might be the best option for LONG TERM' storage of sounds I am assuming....
also easier to transfer sounds created on the Emax back to the PC for long term safe keeping.
someon could make a mint remanufacturing those now hard to find PCB units

---In emax@yahoogroups.com, <emax@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

internal zip drives can have the full range of scsi id as they have the 6 jumper pins
its the externals that are hard wired to scsi id 5/6
yes you can but you need a scsi to ide adapter either a 7720u 7720uw or a 7772 which is atapi only ted flashed these for use with ide zip drives
i used them with zip250 and the zip750 on some machines i had the last of teds cards
as i was trying to see if i could get then to see atapi version cf hotswap drives but they are sen as null devices and are not seen by the emax
the 7720u and 7720uw wont owrk with some atapi version cf drives but i did manage to get them working with mcd drives which are 1 slot but they are very rare
i have some new single slot drives ordered and hoping that the mcd drive i sent them that they can impliment the same signals as the mcd
as the single slot drives work great with the ensoniqs
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2013 12:09 AM
Subject: [emax] Emax I HD SE booting from an Internal Zip Drive..possible?

Oh, was just asking if you got your Emax with Internal Zip to boot from it as I thought maybe somone had figured out a trick to get the SCSI Zip drive to be seen as SCSI ID 0 by the Emax (maybe by setting some internal jumper or something on the drive that I don't know about)
I am told the Emax (if equipped with SCSI) will only boot off floppy dd or internal/external SCSI Hard drive ONLY if that drive's SCSI ID is set to '0'. From what I have seen, all internal Iomega SCSI ZIP drives can either be set to ID 6 or 7 but not 0. Now, I have seen on Youtube where this guy put a ZIP drive in his Emax
but I don't know if it is a SCSI setup or an IDE. I wonder if an IDE ZIP could be placed in the Emax and the Emax be boot from it. or is this guy even booting from it?
Experts on this topic, anyone?

On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 1:24 PM, Daniel Baum <daniel@...> wrote:

I've never tried that; it has a hard disk. I have booted a Mac Plus from one though, if that makes any difference :)


D.


On Oct 25, 2013, at 11:04 PM, Windrum Scoggin <windrumscoggin@...> wrote:


Does your emax boot from the scsi zip drive
?

On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Daniel Baum <daniel@...> wrote:

FWIW, I have used EMXP with a 100MB USB zip drive, when I was transferring Emax II banks from a CDROM to zip disks.

I used the USB zip drive with my laptop, and then read them from a SCSI zip drive on my Emax II.

D.

PS. I am about to have some more EMXP adventures with my new Emulator II, but that is a different story altogether...



On Oct 24, 2013, at 6:43 PM, Lorne Hammond <lhammond@...> wrote:

doesn't it have to be a scsi zip drive? Lorne

From: emax@yahoogroups.com [mailto:emax@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of windrumscoggin@...
Sent: October-24-13 8:26 AM
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [emax] EMXP Sucess Specs Anyone? What system you running with EMXP?

Well, tried Windows XP 64 bit with 64 bit omniflop drivers...NO GO

Windows XP 32 bit with 32 bit omniflop drivers..NO GO

Windows Vista 32 this morning, with 32 bit omniflop drivers..NO GO

Error 89! etc etc...

EMXP won't work in any of the above OS configurations on my

system:

ASUS P5E MOBO with TEAC FDD running 4 gig Patriot DDR2 800Mhz RAM and Intel Core2Quad 2.4 ghz CPU.

When I say won't work I mean it wont see my internal IDE ZIP drive, a FAT32 formatted CF card or a Floppy disk formatted in my EMAX I OS SE rev 1.1 as usable media and gives me errors to the effect that the media is NOT EMAX usable etc etc..

When I test disks I formatted on my Emax I with a computer here at work (Commodore Desktop running Windows 95-yes ancient) using EMX through DOS, the Emax I formaated disks test fine. This tells me it isn't a matter of a bad floppy DD alignment in my EMAX I (The FDD is not the ONLY thing it will not see, anyway) for if that were the case (No offense to Jammie's theory, it's a good one nonetheless!) the Emax I formatted disks would not check out fine, nor be able to be read by the Win95 system here at work. IE: EMX would see the disks as bad, too.

So, I deduce this down to some kind of hardware/driver/EMXP compatibility issue with my system and now ask any of YOU who are running know GOOD EMXP systems to please share what your FDD/MOBO configurations are so I can build a system that will successfuly run EMXP and finally get some sounds into my EMAX I

Your patience and great kindness

(ESPECIALLY TED!) with my myriad questions and issues throughout this process has been greatly appreciated.

EMU users are the best

Greg

Greg Scoggin

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