Re: Emax II RIP?
2009-11-06 by chevytravelleruk
Am I right in thinking that some Emax IIs shipped with Switch mode PSUs?.. that s what this sounds like to me, a switch mode PSU not firing up to the correct
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Re: [emax] Re: Emax II RIP?
2009-11-06 by Daniel Baum
Hi Ted, Do you mean on the power supply itself or behind the power chord connector? I could easily replace the spade connectors behind the power cord
Re: [emax] Re: Emax II RIP?
2009-11-06 by Ted Summers
My Emax 1 rack did similar and it was the connection to the AC in on the power supply. 1 leg of the AC wasn t getting through. I replace the power connection
Re: [emax] Re: Emax II RIP?
2009-11-06 by Daniel Baum
No, that s not it. All LEDs flash and click repeatedly and rapidly. Sometimes I see the screen flashing too but I don t leave it on long enough to find out
Re: Emax II RIP?
2009-11-06 by emax_dx5
If the symphtoms are: Good auto check (all leds flash once when you turn it on, then Analog Processing one is gone as the OS is loaded from disk). After it,
Re: [emax] Emax II RIP?
2009-11-06 by Daniel Baum
Sounds like a plan. Thanks. I assume that any electronic contact cleaner will do if the brand names over here are different? D. ... From: jammie To:
Re: [emax] Emax II RIP?
2009-11-06 by jammie
get some deoxit and remove all socketed ic 1 at a time deoxing each ic pin then reseating the ic chips this will usually sort every thing out and if it still
Emax II RIP?
2009-11-06 by Daniel Baum
Hi all, My Emax II keyboard seems to have had it. When I turn it on, all of the LEDs flash and click. I have not left it on long enough to see what happens
Re: [emax] OT: Re: RS422 fun
2009-11-06 by Ted Summers
I believe the 25 pin standard was due to the way that dumb terminals and printers were setup with hardware handshaking. There are many combinations that can be
Re: [emax] OT: Re: RS422 fun
2009-11-06 by Julian
On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:04 +0000, gadgetfiddler ... Are you sure it s an actual parallel to serial, or is it a serial DB25 to serial DB9? there is a standard
Re: [emax] OT: Re: RS422 fun
2009-11-05 by Ted Summers
That cable would actually be a serial cable. I have a couple of these myself. Parallel ports by definition are not serial. Parallel has a datawire for each of
OT: Re: RS422 fun
2009-11-05 by gadgetfiddler
have you considered utulizing the printer port on a pc to make the data transfer into the rs-422 port on the emaxII? I ve got a cord with a male printer port
Re: [emax] what's the cheapest way to upgrade emax 2 for flash storage?
2009-11-04 by Ted Summers
You need: Emax with SCSI upgrade installed Flash memory drive (I still have 2 left) PCMCIA Card Slot Adapter (such as MCR-5A). 32MB Flash memory (SD, MicroSD,
what's the cheapest way to upgrade emax 2 for flash storage?
2009-11-04 by gadgetfiddler
I ve been searching the messages for an hour and i can t find the article(s) that explain every piece of hardware i need to upgrade my emax to use cf memory.
Re: Looking for BROKEN EMAX1 Power supply for parts
2009-11-03 by Niklas N
Take a look at this site: http://www.eprelectronics.com/store/html/Products/E-mu-Keyboards-PARTS/E-mu-Emax/index.html
Re: [emax] Looking for BROKEN EMAX1 Power supply for parts
2009-11-03 by emax2@...
my mistake. I have one of every power supply except the Emax 2 keyboard . Thanks for the correction which helps widen the search. ... From: jammie
Re: [emax] Looking for BROKEN EMAX1 Power supply for parts
2009-11-02 by jammie
its actually the same psu the emax2 is a little longer by 10mm but its the same design i have spare parts psu emax 1 pcbs and transformers were do you live
Re: [emax] Emax II - Memory board unrecognised
2009-11-02 by emax2@...
Call emu and beg for Scambled Megs if it is still alive. they can help you over the phone. ... From: Laurent/LIFELIKE To:
Re: [emax] Looking for BROKEN EMAX1 Power supply for parts
2009-11-02 by emax2@...
The Emax 1 Keyboard power supply has a unique topology. It is not like the emax 2 power supply thanks for the suggestion anyway. ... From: s*
Emax II - Memory board unrecognised
2009-11-02 by Laurent/LIFELIKE
Hello guys Sorry to change the subject here, but im stuck with a kind Of a huge problem with my Emax II. I got the 2213 model with 8mb board, everything was
Re: [emax] Looking for BROKEN EMAX1 Power supply for parts
2009-11-01 by s*
Can you not just make one out of a standard PC PSU? I did for my emax II and it works awesome! -s* ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [emax] Re: EMAX II External SCSI Problems (still perplexed)
2009-11-01 by Ted Summers
OK- well you definitely wouldn t want a jumper on 4. That means a specific command must be sent down the SCSI bus to start the drive up. A lot of times the
Re: [emax] Looking for BROKEN EMAX1 Power supply for parts
2009-11-01 by uh
I have one you can have, can t guarntee the transformer is any good. On Oct 31, 2009, at 6:49 PM, pastorcurfew wrote: Anyone want to get
Looking for BROKEN EMAX1 Power supply for parts
2009-11-01 by pastorcurfew
Anyone want to get rid of a blown Emax 1 keyboard power supply? I need the high voltage transformer.
Re: EMAX II External SCSI Problems (still perplexed)
2009-10-31 by thenewyorkcowboy
YES there are! I opened the drive to look and there is a main sticker with the set of jumpers that goes like this: 1: Disable SCSI Terminators 2: Option Link
Re: [emax] Emax II cooling
2009-10-31 by Daniel Baum
Thanks. D. yes they did get that warm but some componants need to work at 30-50 oc to perform properly and most run upto 80oc and the military grade ones run
Let there be light
2009-10-31 by Daniel Baum
Hi all, My Emax II lives on the bottom tier of a 2-tier keyboard stand. Since the backlight is dead, the screen was very hard to read. Ikea provided the
Re: [emax] PCD-50b Card drives- 2 left + 1 with cosmetic damage.
2009-10-31 by jammie
the teac fd05hg work great with the slim floppy i just picked 1 up on ebay for £4.95 inc postage but they are 3 mm smaller in width than a standard 3.5 ...
Re: [emax] Emax II cooling
2009-10-31 by jammie
yes they did get that warm but some componants need to work at 30-50 oc to perform properly and most run upto 80oc and the military grade ones run upto 120-140
PCD-50b Card drives- 2 left + 1 with cosmetic damage.
2009-10-31 by Ted Summers
Currently available: PCD-50b SCSI drives (used- they will be working as Single slot PC Card drive in the Emax, but they are NOT new). 9 SCSI Upgrade kits ($50)
Re: [emax] Emax II cooling
2009-10-31 by Ted Summers
My Emax 1 does this also. I have thought about building a cooling mod with its own power to avoid putting stress on the Emax Power supply. But at this time its
Emax II cooling
2009-10-31 by Daniel Baum
Hi all, My Emax II keyboard seems to have no cooling system at all. No fan, not even a grill. It gets fairly hot - not in the you can fry an egg on it
Re: Flash memory and accessories
2009-10-29 by esynthesist
Done !
Flash memory and accessories
2009-10-29 by Ted Summers
So there is a database at yahoo groups of the items I have used: flash, pcmcia adapters. It would be great if people who have used other media and adapters /
Re: [emax] Re: EMAX II External SCSI Problems (still perplexed)
2009-10-28 by Ted Summers
No idea- are there any additional jumpers on the NOMAI inside or out???? Glad I could help with the TERM issue though. Regards, Ted On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at
Re: [emax] Re: EMAX II External SCSI Problems (still perplexed)
2009-10-28 by jammie
scsi2 devices should be backwards compatible as the zip drives are scsi-2 and not 1 it would be more of a bios of the nomai drive just like some scsi to ide
Re: EMAX II External SCSI Problems (still perplexed)
2009-10-28 by thenewyorkcowboy
I also found these two links which also suggest problems with the NOMAI being FAST SCSI. I am wondering if there is going to be some intermediate solution I
Re: EMAX II External SCSI Problems (still perplexed)
2009-10-28 by thenewyorkcowboy
Hey Ted, Well they say writing is therapeutic and after writing that dissertation I figured I had better recheck what I thought all the way down the cables. I
Re: [emax] EMAX II External SCSI Problems (still perplexed)
2009-10-27 by Ted Summers
With the type of configuration you have, have you: checked for termination jumpers on the drives? Since you are using a terminator (w/green light), no drives
EMAX II External SCSI Problems (still perplexed)
2009-10-27 by thenewyorkcowboy
Greetings All, I have an EMAX II 4mb (2212) with the original factory installed external SCSI connector (black and to the rear and left of the volume slider.)
Re: How to get the OS onto internal CF card?
2009-10-27 by Everett
Nice trick! Would this bypass the floppy search in the beginning? My machine always takes a minute to read the floppy even though I have the boot device as
Re: [emax] Re: How to get the OS onto internal CF card?
2009-10-26 by Elk Latham
Dave, Thanks for the info. I ll have to try this. Elk ________________________________ From: Dave Sotnick To: emax@yahoogroups.com Sent:
Re: [emax] Re: How to get the OS onto internal CF card?
2009-10-26 by Dave Sotnick
... This isnt strictly true. You can jumper pins 25/26 on the flopy drive connector on the motherboard (it/s the /TRK0 sense pin which tells the Emax the drive
Re: [emax] Re: How to get the OS onto internal CF card?
2009-10-26 by Elk Latham
emax I or emax II won t boot without an floppy drive connected. ________________________________ From: Julian To:
Re: [emax] Re: How to get the OS onto internal CF card?
2009-10-26 by Julian
also, isn t there a problem that the emax1 wont boot off SCSI if there is no floppy drive at all present? so if that s the case, at very least you d have to
Re: How to get the OS onto internal CF card?
2009-10-25 by dutchbeats
Thank you Ted! I am going to buy one as soon as I get an Emax. I bookmarked the page also. Sweet
Re: [emax] Re: How to get the OS onto internal CF card?
2009-10-25 by Ted Summers
You won t be able to swap out CF cards like you are describing. That is why I sell a floppy converter. So you still have a slim floppy to boot, format, etc.
Re: How to get the OS onto internal CF card?
2009-10-25 by dutchbeats
So one would need to keep the floppy drive in so as to load up the OS into the machine just for the first CF card format; after that you can swap the CF card
Re: How to get the OS onto internal CF card?
2009-10-25 by Everett
I booted with my floppy drive still in the system to format the cf card, then moved the whole flash drive over to the scsi bus in my pc thinking that I had to
Re: [emax] How to get the OS onto internal CF card?
2009-10-25 by Elk Latham
After formatting the CF card, you can use the copy software functions in the master section to copy the OS to the CF card. ________________________________