2008-12-30 by tu@...
Hello Dave, Its good to hear the motherboard from the rack works in the keyboard. Try running Master - 9 - 8 Install disk with the daughter board installed.
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2008-12-30 by alancurrall
Thanks Dave. I hope you manage to resurrect your Emax II. I ve had my v. 1 in the loft for ages now unable to do anything with it. This would give it a new
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2008-12-30 by Paul Lee
sorry for the constant questions, but are there simple instructions or guides for removing the power supply? is it just a matter of unscrewing or will there be
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2008-12-30 by bty54193247
Hello Jammie, I ve decided to get the rack working. A guy I know in Southampton will rebuild the power supply for £35 - £40 + parts. The other issue is the
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2008-12-30 by jammie.emma
... jammie logan synth and sampler repair 42 Glastonbury crescent walsall westmidlands ds3 2rf united kingdom and if it cant be fixed then there is no charge
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2008-12-30 by jammie.emma
... should cost you max £80 parts and labour jammie ... does indeed work ... doesn t appear, which ... contrast after the ... button on the rack. The ...
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2008-12-30 by jammie.emma
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2008-12-30 by Paul Lee
would this be something i could dissassemble and send you only the part that needs to be repaired? or would i need to send you the whole unit? ... From:
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2008-12-30 by bty54193247
Hello Tristan, Well, I tried the motherboard swap, and the Emax II rack motherboard does indeed work with the Emax II keyboard, but, for some reason the extra
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2008-12-30 by bty54193247
Hello Alan, I m going to try and transplant the motherboard from my Emax II rack into my Emax II keyboard.....if it works the parts you need will be
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2008-12-30 by bty54193247
Hello Tristan, Many thanks indeed for your reply. I think the motherboard swap sounds like a very good option.....I m going to take the two units apart today,
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2008-12-30 by alancurrall
Well Dave, how about it? If it really is all over for your Emax maybe it could help another Emax life from beyond the grave. I ll pay the going rate (whatever
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2008-12-30 by tu@...
As far as I know, the Emax I and Emax II rack front panel boards are the same part. If Dave can t fix his Emax II rack maybe you could see about buying the
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2008-12-30 by tu@...
Hello Dave, While you can physically install the daughter board in your Emax II keyboard, the memory will not be recognised until the internal Emax II EEPROM
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2008-12-29 by esynthesist
Hi I used the send all command between Alchemy and Emax and it works fine. Of course it only sends sample data in bulk, no preset parameters. I don t know if
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2008-12-29 by bty54193247
Hello, I m getting my Emax II rack checked over to see if the power supply, and output board can be fixed.....I totally agree with what your saying, it would
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2008-12-29 by bty54193247
Hello all, Well, it looks as if my Emax II is beyond repair, (Output board, and power supply not working), but I m getting it checked over anyway, just in case
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2008-12-29 by alancurrall
Hi I m looking for a replacement front button panel for my Emax 1 Rack mount. If anyone out there is breaking up a dead machine that still has a working panel
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2008-12-29 by jammie.emma
... regulators are cheap £1 and caps are cheap to you need to find out how much postage is for your item to see if it is worth sending it me labour will be a
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2008-12-29 by tripmastermonkee
@ marc - could i get a quote from you estimating the total cost of labor and parts to repair/replace the emax power supply? Any info would be appreciated,
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2008-12-29 by tripmastermonkee
@ umi4m@... whats the name of the spot in LA? Sounds like that place is my only hope right now. I need to have both of my emax s (rack & kb) power supplies
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2008-12-28 by JMoore6397@...
Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays! I have a quick question. Is anyone controlling their emax se using a BRC 2000 midi controller? Is there a list of emax
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2008-12-26 by pascalcressiaux
Hi Phil, download and unzip theses files. Where EMXP has been created on your PC, put these files ( images ) into image folder and start EMXP. You can now see
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2008-12-26 by philip1141
Hello John, Although I ve played my EMaxII for years, I m not familiar with loading new banks other than from the floppy - are there any instuctions anywhere
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2008-12-26 by pascalcressiaux
Hi Steven, go to users.skynet.be/EMXP and download EMXP software with Omniflop software. You can now with a PC download, convert and exchange all sounds
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2008-12-26 by ss
I m just now on the list! It s great to be in the loop here. I m trying to resurrect my Emax HD SE. All of the floppies and Syquest backup of the drive were
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2008-12-25 by zomarec
Hi Guys first post... i m into sp1200 not have an emax but maybe is the next step so my question is this: does anybody here test the send all command in
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2008-12-25 by tu@...
Why not simply fix or replace the power supply? Its a shame to reduce a perfectly good 8MB Emax II to spare parts and scrap when it could still enjoy a long
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2008-12-24 by Ted Summers
I had a LCD full of solid blocks save one line straight across near the bottom. All LED lights were on except Transpose and Preset Def. The issue was not the
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2008-12-23 by Brooks Mosher
you should search the archives, one of the forum members, Ted, has done this and i am currently in the process of doing this (as of now just trying to figure
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2008-12-23 by Eduardo Saponara
I finally got my Emax back in action after a long time of not being able to set it up for propper use (Emax HD/SE with Plus OS and internal SCSI ) After I got
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2008-12-23 by Louis van Dompselaar
... Termination is on (that s what I said in my first post). ... I ve tried all IDs from 1 to 6 without any luck. If it boots from the HD, it only sees the HD.
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2008-12-23 by David
Thanks Rei Problem is Im in NZ and zip drives can still be had very cheaply while smart media is rare over here Im upgrading my Zip 100 for a Zip 250 now
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2008-12-23 by Rei
... There is no problem but I suggest you to use smart media discs, they are cheaper and way more reliable and faster. Zip discs do not hold the information
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2008-12-23 by David
Will the actual drive work with an Emax 2 I know the 100MB SCSI zip drive works fine and I want to replace thanks David
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2008-12-23 by Brooks Mosher
no, i don t believe it s possible using the floppy connections. regards Brooks ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2008-12-23 by Rei
Hello I believe I saw a therad about changing the floppy drive for an smart media. I believe I can do it using the internal scsi port. Now, it is possible
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2008-12-23 by pascalcressiaux
Thanks Chip
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2008-12-23 by Chip
yeas, it works perfect just look in the bottom board of the floopy and find DS0 DS1 points, and with a solder, change the ID from 1 to 0. that s all at least,
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2008-12-23 by rish@...
Yeah, all of our drives are new drives. We don t sell refurbs & we include a 30-day replacement warranty. Hope this helps... let us know if we can do
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2008-12-23 by pascalcressiaux
Thanks for your answer. What modification are you thinking about? jumper settings? Pascal
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2008-12-22 by Chip
you can use almost any ordinary pc floppy drive, with an easy to do modification. cheers chip
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2008-12-22 by rascalrevenge
I had a bookmark of your site (emu floppy replacement), wooh that must be an oooold one, great you can provide a new drive. ... get you one before the
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2008-12-22 by rascalrevenge
Doubting that E-mu today will you with your question, maybe ask these guys: http://www.eprelectronics.com/ Btw. saw at least 2 Emax sold on ebay over the
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2008-12-22 by rish@...
We have them available at www.Route66studios.com I wont be able to get you one before the holidays, but if you get in your order we can have it shipped within
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2008-12-22 by rascalrevenge
I m sure it works (board, RAM). But was there an extra disk regarding the daughter board in addition to the Ram upgrade disk ? That then has to be answered by
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2008-12-22 by rish@...
well it sounds like the inverter is bad in the display and the sound not working....hummmmmmm could be that even though you have the vol slider all the way up,
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2008-12-22 by pascalcressiaux
Hi, what floppy drive can I use for replacement in my Emax 1 ? Thanks. Pascal
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2008-12-22 by bty54193247
Hello, The disc I ve got came from someone else when I was given a pile of discs.....it may not have been used already. So can I just plug the daughter board
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2008-12-22 by rascalrevenge
The daughter board and the Ram will work I m sure, but I doubt you can tell your Rack then it has 8 MB now, unless the disk you have is fresh, if it was used
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