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2007-10-05 by johnbrit2002
Hi - anyone know what the largest hard drive an Emax II can access? I tried putting in a 4Gb drive and it aborted the format after about ten minutes. Put in a 700Mb and it was happy with that but it is ten years old so I dunno how much longer it will survive. Thanks John Williams
2007-10-05 by Tristan Upton
Hi John, I believe the maxiumu HD size is around 540MB on the Emax II. You might want to look into replacing the hard disk with a SCSI flash drive. A 512MB flash card could then be used. Regards, Tristan johnbrit2002 writes:
> Hi - anyone know what the largest hard drive an Emax II can access? I > tried putting in a 4Gb drive and it aborted the format after about ten > minutes. Put in a 700Mb and it was happy with that but it is ten years > old so I dunno how much longer it will survive. > > Thanks > John Williams >
2007-10-06 by johnbrit2002
Thanks Tristan. The flash drive is a great idea and one I hadn't thought of. As I said, I have a 700Mb HD in my Emax II now and it is perfectly happy so 540 would not seem to be the limit. Thanks again JW
2007-10-06 by Tristan Upton
Hi John, Have you managed to actually fill the drive though? I remember reading some time back that although the Emax II could save 100 banks, with up to 8MB per bank, the total that could be stored on one hard disk was limited to 540MB total. It may well be that a drive of over 540MB in size can be formatted but will it all be usable. Maybe you could try and see? Regards, Tristan Saturday, October 6, 2007, 4:48:01 PM, you wrote: > Thanks Tristan. The flash drive is a great idea and one I hadn't thought of. As I said, I have a 700Mb HD in my Emax II now and it is perfectly happy so 540 would not seem to be the limit. Thanks again JW
2007-10-06 by esynthesist
EmaxII can certainly access more than 540 MB of hard disk space. In fact the EMAX-II file access table of harddisks and CDs can handle almost any size. Of course any space more than 850 MB wouldn't make a lot of sense since a total of 100 banks (of max 8MB each) + some index data is the max. useful space for any EMAX-II. However it seems that the physical format procedure built in the Emax- II OS is limited in its physical access, i.e. when the disk is too large the EMAX-II can't get an estimate of the physical disk space and hence it does not succeed in formatting the disk. That's a shame really, because for sure the logical disk layout and file access table have been designed for larger disks. In practice it seems that drives > 1GB cause problems on Emax-II, probably because the OS didn't think that such drives would ever exist :-) Anyway, I have an EMAX-II CD-ROM here which is logically formatted for 632 MB and the EMAX-II is perfectly able to access this space completely. (You can try yourself by making a 632 MB CD-ROM image with EMXP and filling it with > 70 banks of 8MB). Note also that the Emulator-III uses the exact same disk layout scheme as the EMAX-II; the EmuIII can access even larger sizes... If I remember well I've heard of someone using Iomega Jaz 2GB disks on his EmuIII. But of course the EmuIII OS is not the same as the Emax- II OS... ///E-Synthesist --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Tristan Upton" <tu@...> wrote: > > Hi John, > > Have you managed to actually fill the drive though? I remember reading some > time back that although the Emax II could save 100 banks, with up to 8MB per > bank, the total that could be stored on one hard disk was limited to 540MB > total. It may well be that a drive of over 540MB in size can be formatted
> but will it all be usable. Maybe you could try and see? > > Regards, > > Tristan > > Saturday, October 6, 2007, 4:48:01 PM, you wrote: > > > > Thanks Tristan. The flash drive is a great idea and one I hadn't > thought of. As I said, I have a 700Mb HD in my Emax II now and it is > perfectly happy so 540 would not seem to be the limit. Thanks again > JW >
2007-10-06 by Tristan Upton
Interesting, I was not aware of that. So, do you know what maximum capacity the Emax II can physically format a hard disk to? Is it possible to use EMXP to format a hard disk to 850MB and then have the Emax II access it? Regards, Tristan esynthesist writes:
> EmaxII can certainly access more than 540 MB of hard disk space. > In fact the EMAX-II file access table of harddisks and CDs can handle > almost any size. > Of course any space more than 850 MB wouldn't make a lot of sense > since a total of 100 banks (of max 8MB each) + some index data is the > max. useful space for any EMAX-II. > However it seems that the physical format procedure built in the Emax- > II OS is limited in its physical access, i.e. when the disk is too > large the EMAX-II can't get an estimate of the physical disk space > and hence it does not succeed in formatting the disk. That's a shame > really, because for sure the logical disk layout and file access > table have been designed for larger disks. > In practice it seems that drives > 1GB cause problems on Emax-II, > probably because the OS didn't think that such drives would ever > exist :-) > Anyway, I have an EMAX-II CD-ROM here which is logically formatted > for 632 MB and the EMAX-II is perfectly able to access this space > completely. > (You can try yourself by making a 632 MB CD-ROM image with EMXP and > filling it with > 70 banks of 8MB). > Note also that the Emulator-III uses the exact same disk layout > scheme as the EMAX-II; the EmuIII can access even larger sizes... If > I remember well I've heard of someone using Iomega Jaz 2GB disks on > his EmuIII. But of course the EmuIII OS is not the same as the Emax- > II OS... > > ///E-Synthesist > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Tristan Upton" <tu@...> wrote: >> >> Hi John, >> >> Have you managed to actually fill the drive though? I remember > reading some >> time back that although the Emax II could save 100 banks, with up > to 8MB per >> bank, the total that could be stored on one hard disk was limited > to 540MB >> total. It may well be that a drive of over 540MB in size can be > formatted >> but will it all be usable. Maybe you could try and see? >> >> Regards, >> >> Tristan >> >> Saturday, October 6, 2007, 4:48:01 PM, you wrote: >> >> > >> Thanks Tristan. The flash drive is a great idea and one I hadn't >> thought of. As I said, I have a 700Mb HD in my Emax II now and it is >> perfectly happy so 540 would not seem to be the limit. Thanks again >> JW >> > >
2007-10-07 by esynthesist
I don't know the maximum size, the biggest one I've seen so far is 632 MB (CDROM), but that's because I don't have any HD here of more than 510 MB, so I can't test larger sizes. Maybe I'll try to use a 1GB jaz drive once and see what happens :-) EMXP can not format harddisks itself. It can however create diskimages which should be restored to EMAX formatted disks. For some disks it may be OK to simply format them on a Mac or PC first and then copy the image to that disk with EMXP. But I'm using ZIP disks and I know that these disks HAVE to be formatted on an EMAX-II first. If they have been only DOS formatted, the restore may succeed in EMXP but the EMAX-II will still report that the disk is "not an EMAX drive". The maximum imagesize that can be created by EMXP for EMAX-II is 632MB. I'd love to support larger sizes, but I always need at least one disk that has been formatted to size X before I can built in support for size X in EMXP. That's because I "only" have 99.99% of the specifications of the EMAX-II disklayout. The last 0.01% are two bytes (!) for which I have no algorithm or description and which (unfortunately) are important to avoid the "Not an EMAX drive" error. Since I'm missing the algorithm to create these bytes, I'm simply hard copying them from the example disks I have :-) So if anyone succeeded in formatting REMOVABLE disks or are using CD's with other sizes than 100MB (zip), 250MB (zip) and 632MB (CD) they're welcome to contact me :-) Regards ///E-Synthesist --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Tristan Upton" <tu@...> wrote: > > Interesting, I was not aware of that. So, do you know what maximum capacity > the Emax II can physically format a hard disk to? Is it possible to use EMXP > to format a hard disk to 850MB and then have the Emax II access it? > > Regards, > > Tristan > > > esynthesist writes: > > > EmaxII can certainly access more than 540 MB of hard disk space. > > In fact the EMAX-II file access table of harddisks and CDs can handle > > almost any size. > > Of course any space more than 850 MB wouldn't make a lot of sense > > since a total of 100 banks (of max 8MB each) + some index data is the > > max. useful space for any EMAX-II. > > However it seems that the physical format procedure built in the Emax- > > II OS is limited in its physical access, i.e. when the disk is too > > large the EMAX-II can't get an estimate of the physical disk space > > and hence it does not succeed in formatting the disk. That's a shame > > really, because for sure the logical disk layout and file access > > table have been designed for larger disks. > > In practice it seems that drives > 1GB cause problems on Emax-II, > > probably because the OS didn't think that such drives would ever > > exist :-) > > Anyway, I have an EMAX-II CD-ROM here which is logically formatted > > for 632 MB and the EMAX-II is perfectly able to access this space > > completely. > > (You can try yourself by making a 632 MB CD-ROM image with EMXP and > > filling it with > 70 banks of 8MB). > > Note also that the Emulator-III uses the exact same disk layout > > scheme as the EMAX-II; the EmuIII can access even larger sizes... If > > I remember well I've heard of someone using Iomega Jaz 2GB disks on > > his EmuIII. But of course the EmuIII OS is not the same as the Emax- > > II OS... > > > > ///E-Synthesist > > > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Tristan Upton" <tu@> wrote: > >> > >> Hi John, > >> > >> Have you managed to actually fill the drive though? I remember > > reading some > >> time back that although the Emax II could save 100 banks, with up > > to 8MB per > >> bank, the total that could be stored on one hard disk was limited > > to 540MB > >> total. It may well be that a drive of over 540MB in size can be > > formatted > >> but will it all be usable. Maybe you could try and see? > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Tristan > >> > >> Saturday, October 6, 2007, 4:48:01 PM, you wrote: > >> > >> > > >> Thanks Tristan. The flash drive is a great idea and one I hadn't > >> thought of. As I said, I have a 700Mb HD in my Emax II now and it is > >> perfectly happy so 540 would not seem to be the limit. Thanks again
> >> JW > >> > > > > >
2007-10-07 by ted Summers
I think many of us would like this option and so I am seriously thinking about taking a plunge here. Proposed Idea: Get a SCSI to IDE converter ($40 on ebay) - up to $80 off online stores Get a CF to IDE converter ($2-10$) Connect them and see if that combo of the two works. Has anyone tried this combo already and it not work? If so- say something. If not I will probably move forward with this later this week. Reasoning: These are easily available for anyone on the group that would like the ease of use now. The expense isn't that great, and you wouldn't have the concern of whether or not the used one off ebay worked, and also if used item is read-only. I have a standard pc floppy (modified circuit) with a bracket in my emax. I would keep the floppy in so I can add banks easily from the emax, etc.... Think about it- no hard drive or zip drive to fail, only the flash (and availability of floppy).... I hear quicker bank loading time.... All this sounds great. And there would be no extra holes, or card slots that aren't used, etc.... Regards, Ted
2007-10-07 by Tristan Upton
Are the two unknown bytes in the format structure per bank/file or per disk? I guess they could be some kind of checksum. I have only ever had a 100MB Zip drive and an original 40MB hard disk working with my Emax II. As you said, the Zip disks need to be formatted on the Emax II to work. For some reason the SCSI CDROM drives I have tried do not work with the Emax II. I can import the Emax II CDROM banks into an Esi-2000 with the same drives but the Emax II cannot see them. I am planning to try a few different SCSI flash card options soon to see if I can get that to work instead. I have some 512MB, 1GB and 2GB compact flash cards so I could try formatting to larger capacities. I made a SCSI-IDE and IDE-CF setup that worked on my K2500X but the Emax II could not see it, it seemed like the same problem as with the CDROM drive. But if I can get it working I will try formatting larger capacity cards. Regards, Tristan When I get a chance I plan to try getting a Sunday, October 7, 2007, 12:46:31 PM, you wrote: > I don't know the maximum size, the biggest one I've seen so far is 632 MB (CDROM), but that's because I don't have any HD here of more than 510 MB, so I can't test larger sizes. Maybe I'll try to use a 1GB jaz drive once and see what happens :-) EMXP can not format harddisks itself. It can however create diskimages which should be restored to EMAX formatted disks. For some disks it may be OK to simply format them on a Mac or PC first and then copy the image to that disk with EMXP. But I'm using ZIP disks and I know that these disks HAVE to be formatted on an EMAX-II first. If they have been only DOS formatted, the restore may succeed in EMXP but the EMAX-II will still report that the disk is "not an EMAX drive". The maximum imagesize that can be created by EMXP for EMAX-II is 632MB. I'd love to support larger sizes, but I always need at least one disk that has been formatted to size X before I can built in support for size X in EMXP. That's because I "only" have 99.99% of the specifications of the EMAX-II disklayout. The last 0.01% are two bytes (!) for which I have no algorithm or description and which (unfortunately) are important to avoid the "Not an EMAX drive" error. Since I'm missing the algorithm to create these bytes, I'm simply hard copying them from the example disks I have :-) So if anyone succeeded in formatting REMOVABLE disks or are using CD's with other sizes than 100MB (zip), 250MB (zip) and 632MB (CD) they're welcome to contact me :-) Regards ///E-Synthesist --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Tristan Upton" <tu@...> wrote: > > Interesting, I was not aware of that. So, do you know what maximum capacity > the Emax II can physically format a hard disk to? Is it possible to use EMXP
> to format a hard disk to 850MB and then have the Emax II access it? > > Regards, > > Tristan > >
2007-10-17 by Dave Sotnick
Hi Ted, Not sure if you have had the time to try this yet, but I just ordered the items you suggested below and will be trying it out next week when the parts arrive. I'll be sure to let the list know how/if it works. -Dave On 10/7/07, ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote: > > I think many of us would like this option and so I am seriously > thinking about taking a plunge here. > > Proposed Idea: > > Get a SCSI to IDE converter ($40 on ebay) - up to $80 off online stores > Get a CF to IDE converter ($2-10$) > > Connect them and see if that combo of the two works. > Has anyone tried this combo already and it not work? > > If so- say something. If not I will probably move forward with this > later this week. > > Reasoning: > > These are easily available for anyone on the group that would like > the ease of use now. > The expense isn't that great, and you wouldn't have the concern of > whether or not the used one off ebay worked, and also if used item is > read-only. > > I have a standard pc floppy (modified circuit) with a bracket in my > emax. I would keep the floppy in so I can add banks easily from the > emax, etc.... > > Think about it- no hard drive or zip drive to fail, only the flash > (and availability of floppy).... > I hear quicker bank loading time.... > > All this sounds great. And there would be no extra holes, or card > slots that aren't used, etc.... > > Regards, > Ted > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2007-10-17 by s*
Hi Dave, That sounds great. I wonder if you will run into any SCSI termination issues? From what I understand the SCSI needs to be terminated at the end of the chain/disk drive (or solid state media r/w in this case). Hopefully this will still be possible with an IDE device. -s* On 10/17/07, Dave Sotnick <sotnickd@...> wrote: > > Hi Ted, > > Not sure if you have had the time to try this yet, but I just ordered the > items you suggested below and will be trying it out next week when the > parts > arrive. > > I'll be sure to let the list know how/if it works. > > -Dave > > > On 10/7/07, ted Summers <djtbs1@... <djtbs1%40qwest.net>> wrote: > > > > I think many of us would like this option and so I am seriously > > thinking about taking a plunge here. > > > > Proposed Idea: > > > > Get a SCSI to IDE converter ($40 on ebay) - up to $80 off online stores > > Get a CF to IDE converter ($2-10$) > > > > Connect them and see if that combo of the two works. > > Has anyone tried this combo already and it not work? > > > > If so- say something. If not I will probably move forward with this > > later this week. > > > > Reasoning: > > > > These are easily available for anyone on the group that would like > > the ease of use now. > > The expense isn't that great, and you wouldn't have the concern of > > whether or not the used one off ebay worked, and also if used item is > > read-only. > > > > I have a standard pc floppy (modified circuit) with a bracket in my > > emax. I would keep the floppy in so I can add banks easily from the > > emax, etc.... > > > > Think about it- no hard drive or zip drive to fail, only the flash > > (and availability of floppy).... > > I hear quicker bank loading time.... > > > > All this sounds great. And there would be no extra holes, or card > > slots that aren't used, etc.... > > > > Regards, > > Ted > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2007-10-17 by Dave Sotnick
The SCSI-IDE bridge I ordered (ACARD AEC7720U) includes a jumper which provides SCSI bus termination. I just hope the SCSI-IDE bridge recognizes the CF-IDE converter! On 10/17/07, s* <scart@...> wrote: > > Hi Dave, > > That sounds great. I wonder if you will run into any SCSI termination > issues? From what I understand the SCSI needs to be terminated at the end > of the chain/disk drive (or solid state media r/w in this case). Hopefully > this will still be possible with an IDE device. > > -s* > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2007-10-18 by ted Summers
Dave- I was going to do this last week, but have other home construction things going on, so it is taking a back seat. But I anxiously await your findings. Regards, Ted On Oct 17, 2007, at 12:35 PM, Dave Sotnick wrote: > The SCSI-IDE bridge I ordered (ACARD AEC7720U) includes a jumper which > provides SCSI bus termination. > > I just hope the SCSI-IDE bridge recognizes the CF-IDE converter! > > On 10/17/07, s* <scart@...> wrote: > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > That sounds great. I wonder if you will run into any SCSI > termination > > issues? From what I understand the SCSI needs to be terminated at > the end > > of the chain/disk drive (or solid state media r/w in this case). > Hopefully > > this will still be possible with an IDE device. > > > > -s* > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2007-10-27 by Dave Sotnick
It works!!! I was really skeptical at first because the SCSI-IDE bridge arrived before the Flash Reader, so I tried experimenting with IDE drives (> 1GB) and kept getting "HD Error" from the Emax. I also had an old SanDisk 40MB IDE Flash Drive (3.5" form factor), and this also would fail to format or be recognized. However... the "Desktop ATA Flash Reader/Drive with IDE interface" arrived today and after all my tests thus far, it seems to be working fine with the SCSI-IDE adapter and the Emax. I have a SanDisk PCMCIA-CF adapter with a 48MB SanDisk CF card in it. I was able to hook my SCSI internal ZIP drive up along with the SCSI-IDE-CF "rig" and perform a "Copy HD" operation from the ZIP to the CF card. Changed the ID of the SCSI-IDE bridge to 0, rebooted the Emax, and up it came with a full 35 banks at my disposal. And it's soooo quiet! Total cost: $73.43. -Dave P.S. As a bonus, I found that both the SCSI-IDE bridge and the CF reader don't use the 12v leg of their power supplies (these are typically used to power drive motors), so I was able to rig up a cable to pull 5v from the floppy power connector (yellow/green) on the Emax main board to power the reader/bridge. On 10/17/07, ted Summers < djtbs1@...> wrote: > > Dave- > > I was going to do this last week, but have other home construction > things going on, so it is taking a back seat. But I anxiously await > your findings. > > Regards, > Ted > > > On Oct 17, 2007, at 12:35 PM, Dave Sotnick wrote: > > > The SCSI-IDE bridge I ordered (ACARD AEC7720U) includes a jumper which > > provides SCSI bus termination. > > > > I just hope the SCSI-IDE bridge recognizes the CF-IDE converter! > > > > On 10/17/07, s* <scart@... <scart%40sympatico.ca>> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > > > That sounds great. I wonder if you will run into any SCSI > > termination > > > issues? From what I understand the SCSI needs to be terminated at > > the end > > > of the chain/disk drive (or solid state media r/w in this case). > > Hopefully > > > this will still be possible with an IDE device. > > > > > > -s* > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2007-10-27 by ted Summers
Can you confirm for us the part #'s you used? Regards, Ted On Oct 26, 2007, at 7:55 PM, Dave Sotnick wrote: > It works!!! > > I was really skeptical at first because the SCSI-IDE bridge arrived > before > the Flash Reader, so I tried experimenting with IDE drives (> 1GB) > and kept > getting "HD Error" from the Emax. I also had an old SanDisk 40MB > IDE Flash > Drive (3.5" form factor), and this also would fail to format or be > recognized. > > However... the "Desktop ATA Flash Reader/Drive with IDE interface" > arrived > today and after all my tests thus far, it seems to be working fine > with the > SCSI-IDE adapter and the Emax. I have a SanDisk PCMCIA-CF adapter > with a > 48MB SanDisk CF card in it. > > I was able to hook my SCSI internal ZIP drive up along with the > SCSI-IDE-CF > "rig" and perform a "Copy HD" operation from the ZIP to the CF > card. Changed > the ID of the SCSI-IDE bridge to 0, rebooted the Emax, and up it > came with a > full 35 banks at my disposal. And it's soooo quiet! > > Total cost: $73.43. > > -Dave > > P.S. As a bonus, I found that both the SCSI-IDE bridge and the CF > reader > don't use the 12v leg of their power supplies (these are typically > used to > power drive motors), so I was able to rig up a cable to pull 5v > from the > floppy power connector (yellow/green) on the Emax main board to > power the > reader/bridge. > > On 10/17/07, ted Summers < djtbs1@...> wrote: > > > > Dave- > > > > I was going to do this last week, but have other home construction > > things going on, so it is taking a back seat. But I anxiously await > > your findings. > > > > Regards, > > Ted > > > > > > On Oct 17, 2007, at 12:35 PM, Dave Sotnick wrote: > > > > > The SCSI-IDE bridge I ordered (ACARD AEC7720U) includes a > jumper which > > > provides SCSI bus termination. > > > > > > I just hope the SCSI-IDE bridge recognizes the CF-IDE converter! > > > > > > On 10/17/07, s* <scart@... <scart%40sympatico.ca>> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > > > > > That sounds great. I wonder if you will run into any SCSI > > > termination > > > > issues? From what I understand the SCSI needs to be > terminated at > > > the end > > > > of the chain/disk drive (or solid state media r/w in this case). > > > Hopefully > > > > this will still be possible with an IDE device. > > > > > > > > -s* > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2007-10-27 by Dave Sotnick
Sure, I used an "ACARD AEC-7720U" Bridge Adapter (SCSI-IDE) and an "IDE Interface Flash Card Reader", not sure of the brand/model as I can't see any identifying marks. The ebay auction called the device a "Desktop ATA Flash Reader/Drive with IDE interface". I looked for one that had "hot plugging" capability. Haven't tried that yet as I don't have more than one CF card yet. On 10/26/07, ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote: > > Can you confirm for us the part #'s you used? > > Regards, > Ted > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2007-11-13 by marc
i am going to try that on my emax too. trying to find this adaptor card in germany at the moment. i would be stoked if this solution also works internally in the akai mpc-3000/mpc-60 series, which i am considering buying next... --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Sotnick" <sotnickd@...> wrote: > > Sure, I used an "ACARD AEC-7720U" Bridge Adapter (SCSI-IDE) and an "IDE > Interface Flash Card Reader", not sure of the brand/model as I can't see any > identifying marks. The ebay auction called the device a "Desktop ATA Flash > Reader/Drive with IDE interface". I looked for one that had "hot plugging" > capability. Haven't tried that yet as I don't have more than one CF card
> yet. > > On 10/26/07, ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote: > > > > Can you confirm for us the part #'s you used? > > > > Regards, > > Ted > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
2007-12-07 by Brian Broadt
just ordered a couple from ebay, if i can re-retrofit the emaxes from zip drives to these i will be so happy! thanks guys!!!! -Brian B False Icons www.falseicons.com www.myspace.com/falseicons On Oct 27, 2007, at 12:40 AM, ted Summers wrote: > Can you confirm for us the part #'s you used? > > Regards, > Ted > > On Oct 26, 2007, at 7:55 PM, Dave Sotnick wrote: > > > It works!!! > > > > I was really skeptical at first because the SCSI-IDE bridge arrived > > before > > the Flash Reader, so I tried experimenting with IDE drives (> 1GB) > > and kept > > getting "HD Error" from the Emax. I also had an old SanDisk 40MB > > IDE Flash > > Drive (3.5" form factor), and this also would fail to format or be > > recognized. > > > > However... the "Desktop ATA Flash Reader/Drive with IDE interface" > > arrived > > today and after all my tests thus far, it seems to be working fine > > with the > > SCSI-IDE adapter and the Emax. I have a SanDisk PCMCIA-CF adapter > > with a > > 48MB SanDisk CF card in it. > > > > I was able to hook my SCSI internal ZIP drive up along with the > > SCSI-IDE-CF > > "rig" and perform a "Copy HD" operation from the ZIP to the CF > > card. Changed > > the ID of the SCSI-IDE bridge to 0, rebooted the Emax, and up it > > came with a > > full 35 banks at my disposal. And it's soooo quiet! > > > > Total cost: $73.43. > > > > -Dave > > > > P.S. As a bonus, I found that both the SCSI-IDE bridge and the CF > > reader > > don't use the 12v leg of their power supplies (these are typically > > used to > > power drive motors), so I was able to rig up a cable to pull 5v > > from the > > floppy power connector (yellow/green) on the Emax main board to > > power the > > reader/bridge. > > > > On 10/17/07, ted Summers < djtbs1@...> wrote: > > > > > > Dave- > > > > > > I was going to do this last week, but have other home construction > > > things going on, so it is taking a back seat. But I anxiously > await > > > your findings. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Ted > > > > > > > > > On Oct 17, 2007, at 12:35 PM, Dave Sotnick wrote: > > > > > > > The SCSI-IDE bridge I ordered (ACARD AEC7720U) includes a > > jumper which > > > > provides SCSI bus termination. > > > > > > > > I just hope the SCSI-IDE bridge recognizes the CF-IDE converter! > > > > > > > > On 10/17/07, s* <scart@... <scart%40sympatico.ca>> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > > > > > > > That sounds great. I wonder if you will run into any SCSI > > > > termination > > > > > issues? From what I understand the SCSI needs to be > > terminated at > > > > the end > > > > > of the chain/disk drive (or solid state media r/w in this > case). > > > > Hopefully > > > > > this will still be possible with an IDE device. > > > > > > > > > > -s* > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]