Emax

Hello, I got an old Apple CD150 cd-rom Drive, I tried to use it but when the Emax tries to locate the drive it gets stalled, 
nothing happens, it's not an scsi problem because I have an Olympus MO drive and it works neat, I tried to use another cd-rom 
drive and it indicates that it's not an Emax II drive, any ideas about what could be the problem ?

Could termination be an issue, have you tried it in different parts of your SCSI chain? 
Have you tried it with an without termination? If memory serves me the Emax II requires 
that the final link in a chain have termination. Could the SCSI ID be conflicting? Do you 
have Emax II format media in the drive that is getting the "not an Emax II drive" error?


On 25 Oct 2001 at 18:56, acid_line@... wrote:

> Hello, I got an old Apple CD150 cd-rom Drive, I tried to use it but when the Emax tries 
to locate the drive it gets stalled, 
> nothing happens, it's not an scsi problem because I have an Olympus MO drive and it 
works neat, I tried to use another cd-rom 
> drive and it indicates that it's not an Emax II drive, any ideas about what could be the 
problem ?

John Silveria II
AIM: EmaxJS
The Silveria Family Website
Emax and Emax II User's Group
http://www.silveriafamily.com

--- In emax@y..., "John Silveria" <emaxjs@h...> wrote:
> Could termination be an issue, have you tried it in different parts of your SCSI chain? 
> Have you tried it with an without termination? If memory serves me the Emax II requires 
> that the final link in a chain have termination. Could the SCSI ID be conflicting? Do you 
> have Emax II format media in the drive that is getting the "not an Emax II drive" error?
 Well, actually I tried using the cd-rpm drive with a Greytsounds cd loaded and nothing happened, I've just tried with another 
Apple drive , a cd300, and it said "Not Emax II drive". I also tried using scsi ID from 2 to 7 and I got the Emax stalled. 
Perhaps the cd150 is not compatible with the Emax II, who knows anyway, I expect to find the right device, thanks anyway.

Sorry...haven't read my emails in a while.
This is a response to an older question.

FYI the Emax II has drivers for CDROM drives in it's
BIOS (unfortunately).
As a result, there are only a few specific drives
(mostly very old Toshiba) that will work.
Apple CD Roms don't seem to work.
I believe John Silveria has a list, or I could dig up
the one he sent me a few years back.
It took me 2 years to find a CD drive that would work.
I was working in a used computer store, and went
through about a dozen old scsi CD drives that came
through the shop.
I found a Toshiba that was not on the "list", but had
a similar model number that worked, also one that is a
brand I never heard of.
As I recall they worked with the resister packs in
place.
Just a side note, I bought a couple used Compaq
computers a while back for $20 EA, so I could remove
the 540 MB SCSI HD's for use with my Emax II> The paln
is to load CD banks onto them (I bought the last
copies of the Emax II 1 meg and 4 Meg bank CD's from
the factory, they gave me a 2 for 1 deal as they were
the last ones!).
I have an Emax II, upgraded to 8 MB, with a 1 Gig
external HD currently. It's one of many peices of
electronic music gaditry I own, and one of dozens of
"projects" I have very little time to play with these
days  :(

Good luck to everyone looking for a CD drive!

Bob
 -- acid_line@... wrote:
> --- In emax@y..., "John Silveria" <emaxjs@h...>
> wrote:
> > Could termination be an issue, have you tried it
> in different parts of your SCSI chain? 
> > Have you tried it with an without termination? If
> memory serves me the Emax II requires 
> > that the final link in a chain have termination.
> Could the SCSI ID be conflicting? Do you 
> > have Emax II format media in the drive that is
> getting the "not an Emax II drive" error?
>  Well, actually I tried using the cd-rpm drive with
> a Greytsounds cd loaded and nothing happened, I've
> just tried with another 
> Apple drive , a cd300, and it said "Not Emax II
> drive". I also tried using scsi ID from 2 to 7 and I
> got the Emax stalled. 
> Perhaps the cd150 is not compatible with the Emax
> II, who knows anyway, I expect to find the right
> device, thanks anyway.
> 
> 
> 


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