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2000-09-10 by Joel ELISE
Hello John, I'd like to upgrade my Emaw 1 with a hard drive. Do you have any info to do this ? Thanks. -- Joel ************************************* Joel Elisee Multimedia pour JESUS 35, rue LORSOLD 97233 SCHOELCHER MARTINIQUE F.W.I. e-mail : mailto:jemjesus@... alt e-mail : mailto:jemjesus@... web : http://www.chez.com/jemjesus ICQ # : 17405316 ************************************* JEM JESUS ... ET TOI ? I LOVE JESUS ... WHAT ABOUT YOU ?
2000-09-10 by Henrik Nydell
You can find some info at www.emuarc.com Basically, if your Emax is equipped with SCSI you should be able to install a HD without too much trouble. If not, youre in a much tougher situation. Cheers /Henrik
>Hello John, > >I'd like to upgrade my Emaw 1 with a hard drive. Do you have any info to do >this ? > >Thanks. >-- >Joel > >************************************* >Joel Elisee Multimedia pour JESUS >35, rue LORSOLD >97233 SCHOELCHER >MARTINIQUE F.W.I. >e-mail : mailto:jemjesus@... >alt e-mail : mailto:jemjesus@... >web : http://www.chez.com/jemjesus >ICQ # : 17405316 >************************************* > >JEM JESUS ... ET TOI ? > >I LOVE JESUS ... WHAT ABOUT YOU ? > > > > > >Emax and Emax II User's Group > >http://www.silveriafamily.com >
2000-09-10 by John Joseph Silveria II
> I'd like to upgrade my Emaw 1 with a hard drive. Do you have any info to
> do this ?
Unfortunately there is no way of doing this. Like the memory upgrade
for the Emax II the parts were mostly custom designed by E-mu and
long out of stock.
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**********************************************************2000-09-10 by John Joseph Silveria II
> You can find some info at www.emuarc.com
> Basically, if your Emax is equipped with SCSI you should be able
> to install a HD without too much trouble. If not, youre in a much tougher
> situation.
This is if the Emax already had an HD in it. Some people make the
mistake that their Emax already has SCSI because the floppy drive is
connected to an old mac SCSI floppy controller card with 2 ports,
unfortunately that is not the controller used for the HD models, that
card has to be swapped and, if memory serves me, you have to
replace some drams as well.
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**********************************************************2000-09-11 by Henrik Nydell
Yes, but one of my Emax SE's i've owned, had a SCSI port retrofitted on the rear panel, and this was a non-HD Emax.
>This is if the Emax already had an HD in it. Some people make the >mistake that their Emax already has SCSI because the floppy drive is >connected to an old mac SCSI floppy controller card with 2 ports, >unfortunately that is not the controller used for the HD models, that >card has to be swapped and, if memory serves me, you have to >replace some drams as well.
2000-09-11 by jh
> >Yes, but one of my Emax SE's i've owned, had a SCSI port retrofitted >on the rear panel, and this was a non-HD Emax. > >>This is if the Emax already had an HD in it. Some people make the >>mistake that their Emax already has SCSI because the floppy drive is >>connected to an old mac SCSI floppy controller card with 2 ports, >>unfortunately that is not the controller used for the HD models, that >>card has to be swapped and, if memory serves me, you have to >>replace some drams as well. > > > >Emax and Emax II User's Group > >http://www.silveriafamily.com go to http://www.synrise.de/guests/cwernke/
2000-09-11 by John Joseph Silveria II
> Yes, but one of my Emax SE's i've owned, had a SCSI port retrofitted
> on the rear panel, and this was a non-HD Emax.
Ahhh that would be the fabled Blue SCSI port found on the late model
Emax SE. If memory serves me correctly I read that these were the
last of the Emax series built either right before the Emax II went in to
production. They have a blue SCSI port in the back and an internal
SCSI port neither of which shipped operational. It was a sign of things
to come. I think E-mu origianl though of launching a Super Emax,
which eventually became the Emax II. Basically what they are is a 12
bit early model Emax II. If you remember your Emax history the first
Emax II model to go to market was actually nothing more than a 16 bit
Emax SE. That's to say they were Mono and only had 512k of memory
exactly like the Emax SE, soon after they offered the stereo upgrade
and memory upgrades and HD upgrades. I believe I discuss this in my
Emax II FAQ.
Those are very rare so I don't even think of those when I discuss the
Emax. Glad we got that all cleared up.
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**********************************************************2000-09-11 by Henrik Nydell
>Ahhh that would be the fabled Blue SCSI port found on the late model >Emax SE. If memory serves me correctly I read that these were the >last of the Emax series built either right before the Emax II went in to >production. They have a blue SCSI port in the back and an internal >SCSI port neither of which shipped operational. It was a sign of things >to come. I think E-mu origianl though of launching a Super Emax, >which eventually became the Emax II. Basically what they are is a 12 >bit early model Emax II. If you remember your Emax history the first >Emax II model to go to market was actually nothing more than a 16 bit >Emax SE. That's to say they were Mono and only had 512k of memory >exactly like the Emax SE, soon after they offered the stereo upgrade >and memory upgrades and HD upgrades. I believe I discuss this in my >Emax II FAQ. > >Those are very rare so I don't even think of those when I discuss the >Emax. Glad we got that all cleared up. Ooops, too bad I sold it then. I actually had two Emaxes at one time, one old with the SE upgrade, and one much newer, with the "Blue SCSI" port. (Don't remember if it really was blue..) But the Emax2 I bought instead has a lot more memory though. Cheers /Henrik
2000-09-11 by Scott Ruda
on 9/11/00 12:32 PM, Henrik Nydell at nyd@... wrote: >> Ahhh that would be the fabled Blue SCSI port found on the late model >> Emax SE. If memory serves me correctly I read that these were the >> last of the Emax series built either right before the Emax II went in to >> production. They have a blue SCSI port in the back and an internal >> SCSI port neither of which shipped operational. FYI, the SCSI on an Emax is fully functional (within the scope of SCSI circa 1987). A little history (trying to remember off the top of my head without looking back into the documentation...). Early Emax's had an empty socket for a SCSI chip on the main board, but the first machines shipped before the SCSI software had been completed and therefore the hardware was not fully tested. While E-mu worked to develop the SCSI software, problems were discovered with the design of the main board. It had to be revised to support SCSI, which was then integrated into the Rev 2 boards. Early boards (Rev 1) _could_ be rev'd to do SCSI, but if I remember right, it was approximately 13 cuts and jumps to the board! Not as easy as dropping in a SCSI chip as had originally been hoped. E-mu offered SCSI upgrades to all Emax customers, whether they had Rev 1 or Rev 2 boards, all for the same cost. Some units were cut and jumped, others were swapped with Rev 2 boards. It was considered 'the right thing' to do for early adopters. Any machines that have the SCSI upgrade can support an internal as well as external drives. The blue 25 pin connector on the back was obviously to support external SCSI devices. I'm not sure all units had it. But but if the unit supports internal SCSI, it supports external SCSI - it just needs the connector added (and a whole cut into the back of the chassis). Scott
2000-09-11 by John Joseph Silveria II
Thanks Scott and welcome aboard!
Before anything happens like it has on the Emusaic list please keep in
mind that Scott is representing himself and not E-mu and do not use
this list in hopes of getting Customer Support. It's not fair to Scott.
By the way Scott, I'd like to add the information in your email on the
Emax and Emax II User's Group Website. Another update is getting
necessary and I plan on covering all the SCSI, Memory and Sample
transfer questions I get daily by email.
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