Re: [emax] Regarding Floppy Drives
2014-02-06 by windrumscoggin@...
Jammie Congratulations You re being an right wanker- ass. Refer to my post to geektech About being a wanker as well. If you can t offer simple solutions
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Re: [emax] Regarding Floppy Drives
2014-02-06 by windrumscoggin@...
Are you serious? I don t see how this drive issue is a major ordeal or am I missing something. I pick up used TEAC drives FD235HF all day long for 2$ Each at
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-06 by jammie
they you go again to bad you cant partition a drive emaxes back then a 20mb drive back in 1996 was £800 and why fixed drive sizes was used akai had a fixed
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-06 by windrumscoggin@...
Right I was just suggesting he install an internal SCSI Zip with ID set to 0 then when the bad FDD won t load the Emax can load the OS off the internal SCSI
Re: [emax] Regarding Floppy Drives
2014-02-06 by geektech207@...
You seem to be under the impression that all everything should just fall into your lap with all this old stuff that you re picking up for pennies on the
Re: [emax] Regarding Floppy Drives
2014-02-06 by jammie
because its better to fit a nos slim floppy drive as its cheaper and there new and the convertor board you have been told by me and ted about finding drive
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-06 by jammie
the problem with external zip drives is they are scsi 5/6 even if you load the + os on them they wont boot as every time the emax is switched of it wipes the
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-06 by jammie
ebay ... From: p. hendricks To: emax@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 4:59 AM Subject: Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues
Re: [emax] Regarding Floppy Drives
2014-02-06 by jammie
you need to add a jumper on pin 33and 34 or the e5000 will take a long time searching for the floppy drive before booting ... From: Windrumscoggin To:
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-06 by jammie
there was no flash rom in 1984-1987 it came out later in the 90,s scsi was only just invented and was very expensive and was only as standard in the early 90,s
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-06 by Windrumscoggin
Contact RetroSound in this video http://youtu.be/vZ-bdwX-DyA He installed one on his SE and obviously has it working Cheers Le sorcière des Oscillateurs
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-06 by niklas.ehrlin@...
If the PCD s are getting hard to find - is it still the best option? Compared to HxC I mean. And as the HxC is basically just plug and play (no hardwire mod) -
Re: [emax] Regarding Floppy Drives
2014-02-06 by Windrumscoggin
If that be the case then why hasn t someone in our EMax group simply said Hey peeps! XY or Z drive works Buy model number so and so Set DS to whatever by doing
Re: [emax] Regarding Floppy Drives
2014-02-06 by geektech207@...
The floppy drives aren t as proprietary as you think. Most of the views (problems) people have with these machines is that they re viewing them through the
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-06 by Windrum Scoggin
You gotta look and look hard for PCD s.....everyonce in a while, they come up for sale on eBay..getting rather hard to find IMHO.... You can look for an
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-06 by p. hendricks
... so, where s the best place to currently buy one in the US? thanks!!!
Re: [emax] Regarding Floppy Drives
2014-02-06 by Windrumscoggin
Very cool So I can boot from my E5000 without the floppy installed? I have the optional hard drive installed in it so hopefully it won t seek the FD and will
Regarding Floppy Drives
2014-02-06 by dwv1957@...
The floppy drives from most EMU samplers will work in the Emax or EmaxII, the floppy in my EmaxSE is from an EMU E6400, and the one in my EmaxII is from an
Re: [emax] Floppy drive for emax se rack question
2014-02-06 by Windrumscoggin
You could dual boot your Mac into WinXP using Bootcamp per these instructions https://discussions.apple.com/message/22260256#22260256 But without a hardwired
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-06 by Windrum Scoggin
I don t know, Jammie, that all sounds plausible but by the time my E5000 and the ESI s came out SIMMS were still pricey....In 1992 -1998 maybe things got
Re: [emax] RE: Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-06 by Windrum Scoggin
Thanks again for your informative post Ted. I have now copied and pasted it to a word document and attached it to the back of my EMAX Version 2.0 Owners
Re: [emax] RE: Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-06 by Windrum Scoggin
In regards to Geektech s reply: Is the emax REALLY going to help your studio workflow, or help you write that song you are just dying to get out of your
Floppy drive for emax se rack question
2014-02-05 by hotnixon7@...
Hi Emax group, first post, just received a broken emax se rack( wont turn on) without a floppy drive. I have a person that can service it for me. Should I send
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-05 by Ted Summers
No, there is no person or company that is selling kits pre-configured. There are several very logical reasons for this. For one thing- the drives are only
RE: Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-05 by esynthesist@...
I d like to add that in some rare cases the calibration differences between the Emax floppy drive and the PC floppy drive can simply be too big. If that s
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-05 by Niklas Ehrlin
Are you or anyone else handling orders on full kit (pcd-60, slim floppy, cf-reader + well written installation guide)? ... drive you need to jumper the floppy
Re: [emax] RE: Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-05 by Scott Stanley
100% agree with Jammie here. RTFM for both omniflop and EMXP. It took me about 3 failed attempts before I finally figured out what I was doing wrong with
Re: [emax] RE: Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-05 by jammie
emxp does work period so does omniflop but you are right its the setting up that people fail on but so many people never read the pdf docs on what your
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-05 by jammie
pcd-60b is your best bet you dont have to fit a floppy if you dont want you can fit just the cf drive you need to jumper the floppy cable only so that the emu
RE: Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-05 by geektech207@...
I think it s too simple to say, EMXP works period. It s a great program (Thanks e-synthesist!), but it s not the only part in the chain. Omniflop has to be
RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-05 by picabostreets@...
Thanks for the reply Jammie, that makes sense, it s just a matter of perspective now that memory is so cheap. Just makes it difficult for my unit, which has
Re: [emax] RE: Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-05 by geektech207@...
Thanks for the clarification Ted, and I don t mean to sound argumentative with a regular poster, but I -have- seen issues with OS creation, and I am not the
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-05 by jammie
the reason why most spare floppy drives were thrown was because they were shot and postal can also damage them making the heads become misaligned in korgs they
Re: [emax] RE: Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-05 by Ted Summers
First- let me address this whole question of OS s. It seems some are making this WAY too complicated. Emax 3.2 will boot any Emax whether it has SCSI, SE or
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-05 by jammie
its not stupid they did it for a reason if back then you had a machine that had the os on rom if any updates you had to remove roms and add new ones with os
RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-05 by picabostreets@...
Unfortunately I m in London Ontario (Canada)... so it might turn out to be a pricey option to ship from Poland. Would the HxC option require modding or is it
Re: [emax] RE: Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-05 by jammie
he said london canada so he is in canada not europe as for customs there is not any on a value less than £20 in uk and $20 us a floppy disk is £1` about 2
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-05 by Windrum Scoggin
correction in firs paragraph I meant the problem with people getting rid of their spare Floppy Disk Drives NOT spare Hard Drives...sorry for the typo On Wed,
Re: [emax] RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-05 by Windrum Scoggin
Problem with people getting rid of their spare hard drives is the fact that the Emax tries to boot off it first and if it doesn t see the FDD and is a SCSI HD
Re: [emax] RE: Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-05 by Windrum Scoggin
If you power on cold & boot the Emax and it says NO OS, insert Disk! then chances are you just need an OS disk to boot it and once its booted you can check
RE: Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-05 by picabostreets@...
I got it to boot again and it successfully sampled and played back via midi... then it eventually failed again, prompting me to insert a disk. The OS will
Re: [emax] RE: Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-05 by Keith Gould
General emax comment/ fan mail. Me- emax 1 keyboard owner since 1998. Most of sample library stolen! Now disk drive broke but I have a replacement drive I will
Re: [emax] RE: Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-05 by geektech207@...
As an addendum to my first post, I ve also seen TIMEOUT ERROR with a nonworking disk. I m not sure the disk conditions that cause that as opposed to the
Re: [emax] RE: Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-05 by niklas.ehrlin@...
Hi, and thanks for the offer! And I totally agree with you - I am no fan of the FDD and all the floppy-hassle, believe me. I seriously concider in just throw
Re: [emax] RE: Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-05 by Windrum Scoggin
You know, I truly believe that is what this list is for..so we can help each other keep our aging (but beautiful sounding) EMU samplers alive. BUT This EMAX
RE: Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-05 by geektech207@...
If you live in the U.S. then I could probably manage that if you send me a couple disks and some postage in trade. If you re overseas then I don t really want
Re: [emax] Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-05 by Gary Doty
I had one that would crash when sampling and the vu would jump around with no input. My case turned out to be a faulty timing control chip. As for the hard
RE: Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-04 by niklas.ehrlin@...
Thanks for the useful information. If possible, I would gladly pay you a small fee for getting a working floppy with OS on it. Beats buying a desktop computer
Emax OS creation primer
2014-02-04 by geektech207@...
I know a lot of this is painfully obvious to most of you, but I wanted to really break it down for people because it s a very common question / frustration,
RE: [emax] Resurrecting an Emax HD rack - Issues keep mounting
2014-02-04 by Lorne Hammond
is there a short in your input jacks or something mechanically bridging them or taking the input to ground? Lorne From: emax@yahoogroups.com