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2000-12-13 by anthony wilson

Help!

My emax II is buggered again, when i switch it on the preset definition LED 
and the one below come on, the LCD says that it is loading the software but 
nothing happens and the thing refuses to work, any ideas as to what the 
problem is and possible solutions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Anth.
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RE: [emax] emaxII

2000-12-13 by Rob Keeble

Hi,

Your Emax II is failing to find the floppy drive.

This could be a loose cable, or a faulty drive. It could also be a fault in the disk controller electronics, but the first two are more likely.

You could also try different boot diskettes, but I suspect the drive is faulty.

Check the diskette power and interface cabling are all okay internally. Look to see if the LED on the floppy comes on or the drive makes any clicking noises (signs that it is alive).Replacements diskette drives can be bought from E-mu but they are expensive ($150). Alternativley look for a DS/DD drive and ensure the id is set to zero (they usually come set to 1).

Regards

Rob

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Subject: [emax] emaxII

Help!

My emax II is buggered again, when i switch it on the preset definition LED
and the one below come on, the LCD says that it is loading the software but
nothing happens and the thing refuses to work, any ideas as to what the
problem is and possible solutions would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Anth.
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Re: [emax] emaxII

2000-12-13 by John Joseph Silveria II

If memory serves me correctly, the different function LEDs represent 
different self-tests the Emax does at power up. If any of them light up it 
is a sign that something specific failed the internal self-test. I'm not 
sure what LED means what though.

> My emax II is buggered again, when i switch it on the preset definition
> LED and the one below come on, the LCD says that it is loading the
> software but nothing happens and the thing refuses to work, any ideas as
> to what the problem is and possible solutions would be greatly
> appreciated.


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emaxII

2001-02-13 by anthony wilson

Hi

Does anyone know if the emax II operating system is on the net?

Cheers

Anth.
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Re: [emax] emaxII

2001-02-13 by John Joseph Silveria II

> Does anyone know if the emax II operating system is on the net?

It use to be available from me and it might still be available from 
emulatorarchive.com 

The problem is we were providing it in EMX format along with the EMX 
utility for DOS and Windows 9x will not allow EMX to format Emax 
diskettes proplerly. Therefore there is no way to get the OS on to the 
disk once you have it. You'll have to contact E-mu or (I think) 
emulatorarchive sells OS disks as well.

 I think this problem is similar to the issue us ESi owners had where 
Windows 9x writes information to the same Boot Sector that Emax 
and ESi OS store OS information, this would make ESi drives 
unusable and had to be addressed by E-mu is ESi-OS 3.x

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