Emax

Hi All

Just trying to get an emax 1 working. It is an SE upgraded model. I have an OS 3.2 disk that it can read but I can not get it to write to our format disks. Just wondering if the disk drive is defective. 

I have a box of brands new MF2HD verbatim discs is it the disks that are the issue?

Does anybody have any ideas?

Hi I tried this today and it did not work for me. I guess I need to acquire some dsdd disks.

You can get DSDD on Amazon, ebay, or floppydisk.com


The last batch I bought was from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Double-Density-MF2-DD-Diskettes-Formatted/dp/B006NNGZ9S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446972784&sr=8-1&keywords=3.5+dsdd

-T




On Nov 7, 2015, at 11:46 AM, robf.willson@...m [emax] <emax@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hi I tried this today and it did not work for me. I guess I need to acquire some dsdd disks. 





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At 08:35 AM 11/1/2015, you wrote:

>Because you are using HD disk.
>Just use a glue strip to close the upper left hole. 
>This works 100%. Do not use transparent tape. 

This is absolutely incorrect. DS/HD floppies have less magnetic coercivity than DS/DD platters and need stronger current to write information. The problem when you "cheat" (as the poster ignorantly suggests) is that the floppy drive does not increase the write current and the data is likely to not write correctly.

It is true that this works in a pinch, but especially over time the data is vulnerable to corruption if it's not corrupted in the first place. Still, this is NOT one of these things that "picky technical people say it's designed this way and they don't know what truly works in the real world." No, this is VERY MUCH unreliable and will trick you and burn you at every turn. DON'T DO IT.

It's best to just get the right thing, it's really no hassle to do so. If in the year 2015 you're still into using such an ancient sampler, I'm sure it's not out of your way to do things right and guarantee good results down the road. 

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User

----- Original Message -----

From: Garth Hjelte garth@... [emax]

To: emax@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, November 09, 2015 10:00 AM

Subject: [emax] Re: Do not use DS/HD floppies on Emax I (Was Emax 1 - disk error)

At 08:35 AM 11/1/2015, you wrote:

>Because you are using HD disk.
>Just use a glue strip to close the upper left hole.
>This works 100%. Do not use transparent tape.

This is absolutely incorrect. DS/HD floppies have less magnetic coercivity than DS/DD platters and need stronger current to write information. The problem when you "cheat" (as the poster ignorantly suggests) is that the floppy drive does not increase the write current and the data is likely to not write correctly.

It is true that this works in a pinch, but especially over time the data is vulnerable to corruption if it's not corrupted in the first place. Still, this is NOT one of these things that "picky technical people say it's designed this way and they don't know what truly works in the real world." No, this is VERY MUCH unreliable and will trick you and burn you at every turn. DON'T DO IT.

It's best to just get the right thing, it's really no hassle to do so. If in the year 2015 you're still into using such an ancient sampler, I'm sure it's not out of your way to do things right and guarantee good results down the road.

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User