Emax

hi all. 

just joined. have an emax I and 2 emaxII's on top of serveral other
emu's. lovem all. emaxII is the fav. anyway heres the question:

been building the flash card scsi drive replacement (got it from the
emulator forum) and am installing it in the emax II. they had refered
me to look at the ones done here since they said it was extensively
detailed here. (models formware etc) so im looking to find any info on
it i can. id love if someone could direct me to the right location for
it. im so damn excited to get this cf drive in the emaxII. and get it
working.
other questions. the emax will recognize card and drive, but when i go
to format drive. i get a scsi media error. is this due to the card
size and manufacturer?  im using a norcent/samsung 512MG card. i have
ordered the kingston 1G card that seems to work with everyone elses
set up.. im really looking to just get any pics, tips, or info to make
it work!.

thanks!!!

also is there and archive on here to upload sounds?  

thanks for the help.

shawn rudiman
synthdrome/machine age studios
technoir audio records

Shawn,
I just did a search through the messages and found nothing beyond your
own post.  Perhaps they meant a different forum?
In any case - that sounds exciting - please keep us informed!

As far as uploading, you can probably upload to the files section.

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

>
> hi all. 
> 
> just joined. have an emax I and 2 emaxII's on top of serveral other
> emu's. lovem all. emaxII is the fav. anyway heres the question:
> 
> been building the flash card scsi drive replacement (got it from the
> emulator forum) and am installing it in the emax II. they had refered
> me to look at the ones done here since they said it was extensively
> detailed here. (models formware etc) so im looking to find any info on
> it i can. id love if someone could direct me to the right location for
> it. im so damn excited to get this cf drive in the emaxII. and get it
> working.
> other questions. the emax will recognize card and drive, but when i go
> to format drive. i get a scsi media error. is this due to the card
> size and manufacturer?  im using a norcent/samsung 512MG card. i have
> ordered the kingston 1G card that seems to work with everyone elses
> set up.. im really looking to just get any pics, tips, or info to make
> it work!.
> 
> thanks!!!
> 
> also is there and archive on here to upload sounds?  
> 
> thanks for the help.
> 
> shawn rudiman
> synthdrome/machine age studios
> technoir audio records
>

They may have been referring to this

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/4069

If you follow thread 4069 from Ted, he fitted his with a CF drive and 
slim floppy if I remember right.

--- In emax@...m, "shawnrudiman" <shawnrudiman@...> wrote:
>
> hi all. 
> 
> just joined. have an emax I and 2 emaxII's on top of serveral other
> emu's. lovem all. emaxII is the fav. anyway heres the question:
> 
> been building the flash card scsi drive replacement (got it from the
> emulator forum) and am installing it in the emax II. they had 
refered
> me to look at the ones done here since they said it was extensively
> detailed here. (models formware etc) so im looking to find any info 
on
> it i can. id love if someone could direct me to the right location 
for
> it. im so damn excited to get this cf drive in the emaxII. and get 
it
> working.
> other questions. the emax will recognize card and drive, but when i 
go
> to format drive. i get a scsi media error. is this due to the card
> size and manufacturer?  im using a norcent/samsung 512MG card. i 
have
> ordered the kingston 1G card that seems to work with everyone elses
> set up.. im really looking to just get any pics, tips, or info to 
make

> it work!.
> 
> thanks!!!
> 
> also is there and archive on here to upload sounds?  
> 
> thanks for the help.
> 
> shawn rudiman
> synthdrome/machine age studios
> technoir audio records
>

I did get this working and am able to read and write sounds, and have  
the floppy slim drive, so I don't lose floppy functionality.

My IDE CF adapter was generic- no model information of any value.

All the rest of the info is in other posts to the group, including  
the issues I had with fitting the unit with the SCSI adapter  
installed, and how I got around that issue.

If you can get an actual SCSI CF which sometimes appear on ebay, that  
would be simpler......

Regards,
Ted

ted,

thanks for the reply. i think i have the hardware and everything
correct, i just cant get the card to format. i think it may be the
card itself so.. .im gonna try a 512mg kingston one.

thanks for the links and help!!!
shawn

In an  Emax 1 the biggest card I tried and know worked was a Sandisk  
256MB....

Keeping in mind that IDE based CF do not play well with other drives  
on the chain, so once you add a CF, you won't want a ZIP hooked to  
external SCSI or an internal drive hooked. My SCSI IDE converter I  
have set to ID 0

Regards,
Ted

hi all,

i just finished formatting a cf card drive to replace the hd in the
emaxII. i used a kingston 1gb card from ebay. it formatted up 960 mg
usuable. wheather thats true or not thats what the screen said. it
workd flawlessly with the scsi id set to boot from it as well. the cf
card drive replacement is highly recommended!  esp if your're not
trying to fit it in the same slot as the floppy.  im using it as a hd
replacemnt.

fantastic!  thanks for the help on here! and i can help anyone, please
ask.

shawn rudiman