Emax

Hello all!

I have an old emax (well ... 2 actually, but one already has the hd, so
that one doesnt really count) ..

anyway: i was wondering what size hd i can use to put it into the machine?

I have found a few old ones ... down to 1 GB .. i dont care if i can use
all of the drive, I just want to know if my emax will be able to use a
larger drive than it normally uses..?

anyone have any idea.. ? =)

thanks,
Micke

If you are indeed refering to an Emax and not an Emax II the only drive you can replace 
an existing drive with that would be bootable is the 20Mb Miniscribe 8425S (or 8425SA) 
both are long out-of-print. If your unit is not already an HD model there is no way to 
upgrade it to accept a hard drive. Route 66 studios are suppose to be at work on a new 
SCSI chip to upgrade non-hd models.

Your best solution if you have an Emax HD model is to follow the instructions at the 
Emulator Archive http://www.emulatorarchive.com on converting your internal SCSI port 
into an external, upgrading to the Plus OS, and then you could use a Zip drive!

If you are referring to an Emax II, I have a list of some hard drives in my FAQ 
http://www.silveriafamily.com/emax and I believe the Emulator Archive does as well. You 
are limited to a partition of 540 Mb. Conner hard drives seem to be the most widely 
compatible, what you need to make sure of is that it is SCSI type 1 compatible and 
doesn't have any modern features like spinning down, powering down, stand-by or 
anything like that. I've had personal issues with both Maxtor and Quantum drives in the 
past, I currently have a 250Mb Maxtor drive inside mine and though it's noisy it works.

On 25 Aug 2004 at 21:18, Micke Askernäs spoke unto me:

> Hello all!
> 
> I have an old emax (well ... 2 actually, but one already has the hd,
> so that one doesnt really count) ..
> 
> anyway: i was wondering what size hd i can use to put it into the
> machine?
> 
> I have found a few old ones ... down to 1 GB .. i dont care if i can
> use all of the drive, I just want to know if my emax will be able to
> use a larger drive than it normally uses..?
> 
> anyone have any idea.. ? =)
> 
> thanks,
> Micke
> 
> 
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Thanks for the info!

It is indeed an emax that I am referring to.. and not the second one ... =p

One of the two that I have, have already a harddrive installed, and I've
been through them and I guess I can for the moment work with booting one
of them with diskette... I'm primarily using them for midi triggering for
live use.. Modified to look the way I want .. I'll post some pics in here
when I'm finished with the pair .. ;)

Speaking of .. I seem to recall somewhere someone talking about how to
replace the LCD ... with a blue-ish style LCD instead, which would look
great with the paintjob I'm doing on the machines...

.. any idea ?

Thanks for the help on the harddrive again.. I guess i'll have to make it
with the (only) working diskdrive i have inbetween the pair...

//Micke

>     If you are indeed refering to an Emax and not an Emax II the only
> drive you can replace
>  an existing drive with that would be bootable is the 20Mb Miniscribe
> 8425S (or 8425SA)
>  both are long out-of-print. If your unit is not already an HD model there
> is no way to
>  upgrade it to accept a hard drive. Route 66 studios are suppose to be at
> work on a new
>  SCSI chip to upgrade non-hd models.
>
>  Your best solution if you have an Emax HD model is to follow the
> instructions at the
>  Emulator Archive http://www.emulatorarchive.com on converting your
> internal SCSI port
>  into an external, upgrading to the Plus OS, and then you could use a Zip
> drive!
>
>  If you are referring to an Emax II, I have a list of some hard drives in
> my FAQ
>  http://www.silveriafamily.com/emax and I believe the Emulator Archive
> does as well. You
>  are limited to a partition of 540 Mb. Conner hard drives seem to be the
> most widely
>  compatible, what you need to make sure of is that it is SCSI type 1
> compatible and
>  doesn't have any modern features like spinning down, powering down,
> stand-by or
>  anything like that. I've had personal issues with both Maxtor and Quantum
> drives in the
>  past, I currently have a 250Mb Maxtor drive inside mine and though it's
> noisy it works.
>
>  On 25 Aug 2004 at 21:18, Micke Askern\ufffds spoke unto me:
>
>  > Hello all!
>  >
>  > I have an old emax (well ... 2 actually, but one already has the hd,
>  > so that one doesnt really count) ..
>  >
>  > anyway: i was wondering what size hd i can use to put it into the
>  > machine?
>  >
>  > I have found a few old ones ... down to 1 GB .. i dont care if i can
>  > use all of the drive, I just want to know if my emax will be able to
>  > use a larger drive than it normally uses..?
>  >
>  > anyone have any idea.. ? =)
>  >
>  > thanks,
>  > Micke
>  >
>  >
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It's been so long. I could have sworn my Emax HD SE, when it was new, had a blue LCD 
that gradually faded to green. Look at my website under repairs. I have both UK and US 
based companies listed that offer replacement LCDs. I'm sure they could get you one in 
a different color if they don't come in blue as standard.

On 25 Aug 2004 at 22:39, Micke Askernäs spoke unto me:

> Thanks for the info!
> 
> It is indeed an emax that I am referring to.. and not the second one
> ... =p
> 
> One of the two that I have, have already a harddrive installed, and
> I've been through them and I guess I can for the moment work with
> booting one of them with diskette... I'm primarily using them for midi
> triggering for live use.. Modified to look the way I want .. I'll post
> some pics in here when I'm finished with the pair .. ;)
> 
> Speaking of .. I seem to recall somewhere someone talking about how to
> replace the LCD ... with a blue-ish style LCD instead, which would
> look great with the paintjob I'm doing on the machines...
> 
> .. any idea ?
> 
> Thanks for the help on the harddrive again.. I guess i'll have to make
> it with the (only) working diskdrive i have inbetween the pair...
> 
> //Micke
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                   AIM & Yahoo! Messenger: EmaxJS
                        MSN: emaxjs@home.com
     The Silveria Family Website & Emax and Emax II User's Group
                    http://www.silveriafamily.com

Hi Micke
 
From this site you can get blue, green, yellow, orange, red and white backlights for the Emax at this site:
 
http://www.backlights.co.uk/
 
Best regards
 
Brian

John Silveria <emaxjs@...> wrote:
It's been so long. I could have sworn my Emax HD SE, when it was new, had a blue LCD 
that gradually faded to green. Look at my website under repairs. I have both UK and US 
based companies listed that offer replacement LCDs. I'm sure they could get you one in 
a different color if they don't come in blue as standard.

On 25 Aug 2004 at 22:39, Micke Askernäs spoke unto me:

> Thanks for the info!
> 
> It is indeed an emax that I am referring to.. and not the second one
> ... =p
> 
> One of the two that I have, have already a harddrive installed, and
> I've been through them and I guess I can for the moment work with
> booting one of them with diskette... I'm primarily using them for midi
> triggering for live use.. Modified to look the way I want .. I'll post
> some pics in here when I'm finished with the pair .. ;)
> 
> Speaking of .. I seem to recall somewhere someone talking about how to
> replace the LCD ... with a blue-ish style LCD instead, which would
> look great with the paintjob I'm doing on the machines...
> 
> .. any idea ?
> 
> Thanks for the help on the harddrive again.. I guess i'll have to make
> it with the (only) working diskdrive i have inbetween the pair...
> 
> //Micke
-- 
                          John Silveria II
                   AIM & Yahoo! Messenger: EmaxJS
                        MSN: emaxjs@home.com
     The Silveria Family Website & Emax and Emax II User's Group
                    http://www.silveriafamily.com



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