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hi everybody , i'm running  the PLUS O.S and i can't format the ZIP 
since it doesn't seem to be detected . must I  active the termination
behind the zip drive , or is it impossible to format an external zip
(for i can use only ID 5 or 6 ).
thanks a lot ?

Yes, you must terminate the Zip.

Lyn

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mks50 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 6:45 PM
  Subject: [emax] external ZIP 100 problem


  hi everybody , i'm running the PLUS O.S and i can't format the ZIP 
  since it doesn't seem to be detected . must I active the termination
  behind the zip drive , or is it impossible to format an external zip
  (for i can use only ID 5 or 6 ).
  thanks a lot ?



   

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You can format the zip but you won't be able to boot to it, since the Emax I
only boots to SCSI ID# 0, and as you pointed out the external zip has only
IDs 5 and 6).

Once the Plus OS is booted from floppy, hold down the TRANSPOSE button on
the Emax and press 5 or 6 to change the current SCSI ID to match the ZIP
drive. Now try to format the zip (which should indeed be terminated).

-Dave

On 10/16/07, mks50 <mks50@...> wrote:
>
>   hi everybody , i'm running the PLUS O.S and i can't format the ZIP
> since it doesn't seem to be detected . must I active the termination
> behind the zip drive , or is it impossible to format an external zip
> (for i can use only ID 5 or 6 ).
> thanks a lot ?
>
>  
>


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this is exactly how i'm proceeding but when i' m pressing 5 or 6 it
doesn't seems to happen anything  scsi id  0  doesn't change   and  it
always comes to    empty preset 00
what can i do ?

Sorry, I forgot about this key piece of information: I think the Plus OS
expects to see a device at ID 0. Do you have a SCSI drive you can put on the
chain at ID#0?

It's been a year or so since I was experimenting with the external ZIP and I
think I was only able to get my Emax to read/write to external ZIPs with a
hard drive on the chain at ID#0.

I have since replaced the external ZIP with an internal SCSI ZIP drive,
which can be set to SCSI ID 0.

-Dave

On 10/16/07, mks50 <mks50@...> wrote:
>
>   this is exactly how i'm proceeding but when i' m pressing 5 or 6 it
> doesn't seems to happen anything scsi id 0 doesn't change and it
> always comes to empty preset 00
> what can i do ?
>
>  
>


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thanks a lot dude , but I only have my old HD which died years ago. do
you think it will work  with it ?

Just open the HD and spin it a few times, it'll come back to life.  You'll need hex wrenches though.  After that a hard slap on the HD will star it spinning again if it stops again.
 
 


To: emax@yahoogroups.comFrom: mks50@yahoo.frDate: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:21:55 +0000Subject: [emax] Re: external ZIP 100 problem




thanks a lot dude , but I only have my old HD which died years ago. doyou think it will work with it ? 






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Sometimes I have the same problem. Did you try a few times ?
I have to press Transpose and at least 3 or 4 times the "6" button 
before the Emax Plus recognizes the Zipdrive on SCSI 6 and replaces 
the "0" by "6" on the display.
PS: if I remember well you can also use a DOS-formatted ZIP disk and 
simply copy some banks to it with EMXP (after creating+restoring a 
blank image to it first). The EMAX-I recognizes such a ZIP disk after 
pressing "Transpose + 5/6" and "load bank". 

///E
 


--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "mks50" <mks50@...> wrote:

>
> this is exactly how i'm proceeding but when i' m pressing 5 or 6 it
> doesn't seems to happen anything  scsi id  0  doesn't change   and  it
> always comes to    empty preset 00
> what can i do ?
>

i took good notice of your advises but it doesn't seems to work since 

my hard disk is dead ( the red led is still blinking  as if the scsi
chain works ) but i' m not sure in which order i must link the zip nd
the hard disk . i must precise my emax is actually a baldwin ike 
clone but is  SE rev C .
i was willing to test with an internal zip buti have no power supply
connector for it ( i have to plug my hard disk on a computer psu nearby)
do you have an idea ?
thanks a lot for all your great works around emax . u rule