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2009-07-09 by dmitri
I just got an Emax with the sticker that says "HD Retro". the guy who sold it said... "It's an Emax with the HD retrofit but the drive don't work." Two Questions: 1.How can I test the drive? 2.Where can i get a new one? It boots and i was able to sample. I was not able to load sounds from floppy or save to floppy after reading the manual. Any help would be greatly appreciated. i'm already using it even though i cant save or load samples! d
2009-07-09 by Donavan
Hi Dmitri, Turn on the Emax without a floppy in the drive and it should attempt to load the OS from the HDD. Have you tried to load/save to the HDD instead of the floppy? What OS version do you have? As much details as you can provide will be very helpful. ________________________________
From: dmitri <babyd_lhp@...>
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 10:03:03 PM
Subject: [emax] EMAX HD Retro
I just got an Emax with the sticker that says "HD Retro". the guy who sold it said...
"It's an Emax with the HD retrofit but the drive don't work."
Two Questions:
1.How can I test the drive?
2.Where can i get a new one?
It boots and i was able to sample.
I was not able to load sounds from floppy or save to floppy after reading the manual.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
i'm already using it even though i cant save or load samples!
d
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2009-07-10 by meech
Hi Donavan When i turn it on with no disc in it says: "Emu Systems Inc System Diagnostics" for 10 seconds. Then it says "Emu Systems Inc Loading Software" forever. i mean longer than 10 minutes and it never loads. The floppy OS version I have is 1.1 (hand written ofcourse). When I boot with that floppy the Emax works. I haven't been able to save to a floppy yet. (I get an error) May be I'm doin it wrong or the discs are bad because I can't load anything from the two custom sound disc/floppys that came with it either. The manual I have just says "Emax digital sampling keyboard Owners manual by Craig Anderson version 2.0". I didn't find any mention of the HD inside. So I'm assuming the 2.0 is for the manual but don't know? The branding says "Emax" printed on the keyboard but has a color matching sticker next to that, that says "HD retro". The back has a small serial port that says "Computer Interface" I assume thats for an old apple. I'm willing to upgrade this one as mutch as possible. Never installed a drive before but owned a rack Ensoniq Mirage and rocked that one. Doin some basic soldering. Has any one ever been known to do extra crazy mods on these like adding knobs for certain perimiters like cutoff and resonance? havn't found any online yet. Thank you d http://www.bumpcoa.com http://www.myspace.com/thesexicanzcoa http://www.facebook.com/pages/COA-Recordings/19489644996 http://www.bebo.com/thesexicanz mobile website: m.kyte.tv/coa --- On Thu, 7/9/09, Donavan <designlord@...> wrote:
From: Donavan <designlord@...>
Subject: Re: [emax] EMAX HD Retro
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 12:44 AM
Hi Dmitri,
Turn on the Emax without a floppy in the drive and it should attempt to load the OS from the HDD. Have you tried to load/save to the HDD instead of the floppy? What OS version do you have? As much details as you can provide will be very helpful.
____________ _________ _________ __
From: dmitri <babyd_lhp@yahoo. com>
To: emax@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 10:03:03 PM
Subject: [emax] EMAX HD Retro
I just got an Emax with the sticker that says "HD Retro". the guy who sold it said...
"It's an Emax with the HD retrofit but the drive don't work."
Two Questions:
1.How can I test the drive?
2.Where can i get a new one?
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2009-07-10 by Donavan
Hi Dmitri, There is an HD OS version. You should be able to check the OS version from the Emax and run some diagnostics. First run this HDD scan below: Select Master and press 8 this will allow you to run a HDD scan. Also, this seems obvious, but check the write protection tab on the floppy disk. Most people remove this tab altogether sometimes to protect disks, but that tab should be down to cover the hole. http://helpdesk.ua.edu/help/howto/writeprotect.html ________________________________
From: meech <babyd_lhp@...>
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2009 10:41:17 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] EMAX HD Retro
Hi Donavan
When i turn it on with no disc in it says:
"Emu Systems Inc
System Diagnostics"
for 10 seconds. Then it says
"Emu Systems Inc
Loading Software"
forever. i mean longer than 10 minutes and it never loads.
The floppy OS version I have is 1.1 (hand written ofcourse). When I boot with that floppy the Emax works.
I haven't been able to save to a floppy yet. (I get an error) May be I'm doin it wrong or the discs are bad because I can't load anything from the two custom sound disc/floppys that came with it either.
The manual I have just says "Emax digital sampling keyboard Owners manual by Craig Anderson version 2.0".
I didn't find any mention of the HD inside. So I'm assuming the 2.0 is for the manual but don't know?
The branding says "Emax" printed on the keyboard but has a color matching sticker next to that, that says "HD retro".
The back has a small serial port that says "Computer Interface" I assume thats for an old apple.
I'm willing to upgrade this one as mutch as possible.
Never installed a drive before but owned a rack Ensoniq Mirage and rocked that one.
Doin some basic soldering.
Has any one ever been known to do extra crazy mods on these like adding knobs for certain perimiters like cutoff and resonance? havn't found any online yet.
Thank you
d
http://www.bumpcoa. com
http://www.myspace. com/thesexicanzc oa
http://www.facebook .com/pages/ COA-Recordings/ 19489644996
http://www.bebo. com/thesexicanz
mobile website:
m.kyte.tv/coa
--- On Thu, 7/9/09, Donavan <designlord@yahoo. com> wrote:
From: Donavan <designlord@yahoo. com>
Subject: Re: [emax] EMAX HD Retro
To: emax@yahoogroups. com
Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 12:44 AM
Hi Dmitri,
Turn on the Emax without a floppy in the drive and it should attempt to load the OS from the HDD. Have you tried to load/save to the HDD instead of the floppy? What OS version do you have? As much details as you can provide will be very helpful.
____________ _________ _________ __
From: dmitri <babyd_lhp@yahoo. com>
To: emax@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 10:03:03 PM
Subject: [emax] EMAX HD Retro
I just got an Emax with the sticker that says "HD Retro". the guy who sold it said...
"It's an Emax with the HD retrofit but the drive don't work."
Two Questions:
1.How can I test the drive?
2.Where can i get a new one?
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2009-07-10 by meech
i just tried the HDD scan but it didn't work. I just noticed that there is also a sticker on the master section changing it to 1.master tune 2.memory remaining 3.velocity curve 4.erase all 5.format disk 6.copy bank 7.bird run 8.back up 9.restore 10.special When i selected master, 8 it offered to back up and told me About saving to floppy I checked them and they are set to write enable. Oh and i noticed that it won't let me enter 10 in master. thank you d http://www.bumpcoa.com http://www.myspace.com/thesexicanzcoa http://www.facebook.com/pages/COA-Recordings/19489644996 mobile website: m.kyte.tv/coa http://www.bebo.com/thesexicanz --- On Thu, 7/9/09, Donavan <designlord@...> wrote:
From: Donavan <designlord@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [emax] EMAX HD Retro
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 11:08 PM
Hi Dmitri,
There is an HD OS version. You should be able to check the OS version from the Emax and run some diagnostics. First run this HDD scan below:
Select Master and press 8 this will allow you to run a HDD scan.
Also, this seems obvious, but check the write protection tab on the floppy disk. Most people remove this tab altogether sometimes to protect disks, but that tab should be down to cover the hole.
http://helpdesk. ua.edu/help/ howto/writeprote ct.html
____________ _________ _________ __
From: meech <babyd_lhp@yahoo. com>
To: emax@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2009 10:41:17 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] EMAX HD Retro
Hi Donavan
When i turn it on with no disc in it says:
"Emu Systems Inc
System Diagnostics"
for 10 seconds. Then it says
"Emu Systems Inc
Loading Software"
forever. i mean longer than 10 minutes and it never loads.
The floppy OS version I have is 1.1 (hand written ofcourse). When I boot with that floppy the Emax works.
I haven't been able to save to a floppy yet. (I get an error) May be I'm doin it wrong or the discs are bad because I can't load anything from the two custom sound disc/floppys that came with it either.
The manual I have just says "Emax digital sampling keyboard Owners manual by Craig Anderson version 2.0".
I didn't find any mention of the HD inside. So I'm assuming the 2.0 is for the manual but don't know?
The branding says "Emax" printed on the keyboard but has a color matching sticker next to that, that says "HD retro".
The back has a small serial port that says "Computer Interface" I assume thats for an old apple.
I'm willing to upgrade this one as mutch as possible.
Never installed a drive before but owned a rack Ensoniq Mirage and rocked that one.
Doin some basic soldering.
Has any one ever been known to do extra crazy mods on these like adding knobs for certain perimiters like cutoff and resonance? havn't found any online yet.
Thank you
d
http://www.bumpcoa. com
http://www.myspace. com/thesexicanzc oa
http://www.facebook .com/pages/ COA-Recordings/ 19489644996
http://www.bebo. com/thesexicanz
mobile website:
m.kyte.tv/coa
--- On Thu, 7/9/09, Donavan <designlord@ yahoo. com> wrote:
From: Donavan <designlord@ yahoo. com>
Subject: Re: [emax] EMAX HD Retro
To: emax@yahoogroups. com
Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 12:44 AM
Hi Dmitri,
Turn on the Emax without a floppy in the drive and it should attempt to load the OS from the HDD. Have you tried to load/save to the HDD instead of the floppy? What OS version do you have? As much details as you can provide will be very helpful.
____________ _________ _________ __
From: dmitri <babyd_lhp@yahoo. com>
To: emax@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 10:03:03 PM
Subject: [emax] EMAX HD Retro
I just got an Emax with the sticker that says "HD Retro". the guy who sold it said...
"It's an Emax with the HD retrofit but the drive don't work."
Two Questions:
1.How can I test the drive?
2.Where can i get a new one?
[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]