Emax

I just recieved my long awaited E-mu Emax I
I have a questions that has been bothering me,any help
would be greatly aprreciated, as i love this machine

1. Will the Emax I use  1.44MB DS-DD 3.5 disk?
      (or restricted to the 720KB disk)
2. Is the SE option a software only update?
3. What will FORMAT a E-mu emax disk,cause EMX dosent.
4. I Dont have a formated  emax OS disk ,will i have
to buy one from a company?

thanks so much
xxhadez187xx@...

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On 31 Jan 2004 at 9:10, steven cook spoke unto me:

> 1. Will the Emax I use  1.44MB DS-DD 3.5 disk?
>       (or restricted to the 720KB disk)

Though it can "force format" a 1.44 disk this is not advised as the properties are 
different and the disk will go corrupt fairly fast. Also if you plan on using EMX you must 
have DS/DD 720k disks.

> 2. Is the SE option a software only update?

Depends on what OS you are using. The last Emax OS was 3.12. They didn't really add 
any new features just made it a little more stable and fixed bugs few people probably 
realized were there.

> 3. What will FORMAT a E-mu emax disk,cause EMX dosent.

The Emax with an OS disk. That is it really. It's one of those Catch 22 deals. You must 
have the OS to format a disk to have the OS :?

> 4. I Dont have a formated  emax OS disk ,will i have
> to buy one from a company?

You can't actually get one from E-mu. They turn their heads pretty quickly if you call 
them and say you have an Emax and need support. Your best bet is to talk to Rob over 
at the Emulator Archive http://www.emulatorarchive.com or ask someone on the list. 
Also look under our FILES section some user's have posted other way of making a 
system disk using things like CopyQM.

>
**************************John Silveria II****************************
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Hi,
1. Try and use only DS/DD diskettes with an Emax, HD diskettes will fail
over time.
2. The SE update is software only. E-mu wrote some cool DSP software but it
wasn't available at the time of the launch, Dana Massie was the author. He
went on to create Z-plane filters and now works in his own company Flux
Networks working on PDA's.
2A.Latest non-SE OS is 3.2 CD (works with OMI CD players over RS422), latest
OS is Plus 1.0 (for external SCSI). OS 3.2 is stable release, previous
versions have lots of suptle bugs.
3. Emax and Atari ST computers for sure.
4. I supply brand new OS diskettes for all vintage E-mu samplers, along with
samples. Contact me at info@... if you need help.

Regards
Rob
www.emulatorarchive.com

  -----Original Message-----
  From: steven cook [mailto:xxhadez187xx@...]
  Sent: 31 January 2004 17:11
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [emax] Emax question ||\||\||


  I just recieved my long awaited E-mu Emax I
  I have a questions that has been bothering me,any help
  would be greatly aprreciated, as i love this machine

  1. Will the Emax I use  1.44MB DS-DD 3.5 disk?
        (or restricted to the 720KB disk)
  2. Is the SE option a software only update?
  3. What will FORMAT a E-mu emax disk,cause EMX dosent.
  4. I Dont have a formated  emax OS disk ,will i have
  to buy one from a company?

  thanks so much
  xxhadez187xx@...

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