Emax

Ok I'm almost there gang, I got my Emax2 an internal hard drive (secured with heavy duty velcro until I get a hold of or have fabricated the proper metal mounting plate.  I was so engrossed I was up till 2am last night loading floppy banks, and then sampling and creating new banks from my sound library.  WOW what you can do with MPC hip hop samples, or any drum samples for that matter with this thing!  

Anyway, I have a working Mac SE 30, running system 7.0 with 4mb ram and a 20MB Hard Drive.  I have, in the box with all the paperwork in mint condition Sound Designer Universal.  However, as most of you know, it doesn't work well with EMAX 2, it says it works with SP1200's which I don't own.  So, I downloaded Alchemy and earlier Sound Designer .sit files, burned them to a CD, took them to my old G3 with a zip drive, copied them to that, put that zip disk in my SCSI Zip drive hooked to the MAC SE, and it will not mount.  It sees something on the SCSI Buss per the SCSI director control panel, but will not mount the Zip disk.  OK  getting anxious here.  The only way I can relatively easily and painlessly get those application onto the SE is by way of floppies.  Can ANYONE give me a hand and copy those applications to floppies with a mac and send them to me to load up and run?  I'll pay any and all expenses related to this H U G E favor. 

I've come SOOOO close to having the dream system I craved back in 1990 and just need to get those applications loaded and running to be living my post high school Emax/Mac system dreams!  I'm even thinking of painting my SE's case black to match the Emax, and building a custom keyboard stand from an Ultimate Apex stand to hold them together in the most fashionable way possible.

Anyway let me know if ANYONE can lend sneaker, or snail mail floppy rescue and assistance my way.

Thanks all, happy max'in!

Do you have the IOMEGA extensions loaded on the Mac SE?

The Mac SE should be able to run 7.5.5 or 7.6.1 and therefore there is  
a Iomega driver for that version MacOS.

I would format the Zip on the MAC SE then take it over to the newer  
computer...



If you find you don't have Iomega, I can post to a fileshare site and  
you can get it.....

Regards,
Ted




On Jul 9, 2009, at 7:38 PM, John wrote:



Ok I'm almost there gang, I got my Emax2 an internal hard drive  
(secured with heavy duty velcro until I get a hold of or have  
fabricated the proper metal mounting plate. I was so engrossed I was  
up till 2am last night loading floppy banks, and then sampling and  
creating new banks from my sound library. WOW what you can do with MPC  
hip hop samples, or any drum samples for that matter with this thing!

Anyway, I have a working Mac SE 30, running system 7.0 with 4mb ram  
and a 20MB Hard Drive. I have, in the box with all the paperwork in  
mint condition Sound Designer Universal. However, as most of you know,  
it doesn't work well with EMAX 2, it says it works with SP1200's which  
I don't own. So, I downloaded Alchemy and earlier Sound Designer .sit  
files, burned them to a CD, took them to my old G3 with a zip drive,  
copied them to that, put that zip disk in my SCSI Zip drive hooked to  
the MAC SE, and it will not mount. It sees something on the SCSI Buss  
per the SCSI director control panel, but will not mount the Zip disk.  
OK getting anxious here. The only way I can relatively easily and  
painlessly get those application onto the SE is by way of floppies.  
Can ANYONE give me a hand and copy those applications to floppies with  
a mac and send them to me to load up and run? I'll pay any and all  
expenses related to this H U G E favor.

I've come SOOOO close to having the dream system I craved back in 1990  
and just need to get those applications loaded and running to be  
living my post high school Emax/Mac system dreams! I'm even thinking  
of painting my SE's case black to match the Emax, and building a  
custom keyboard stand from an Ultimate Apex stand to hold them  
together in the most fashionable way possible.

Anyway let me know if ANYONE can lend sneaker, or snail mail floppy  
rescue and assistance my way.

Thanks all, happy max'in!





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I don't have access to 7.5, I'm running 7.0 and I don't have a way to get the file(s) onto the MACSE unless they are on floppies (IOMEGA Extensions, or Alchemy or Sound Designer). The only way I can get a file or a program onto the SE is via the floppy drive.  The SE will not mount the zip drive.

I appreciate your advice, but I don't think it will work in my case.  Bummed, seriously bummed...so close yet so far...



--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:

>
> Do you have the IOMEGA extensions loaded on the Mac SE?
> 
> The Mac SE should be able to run 7.5.5 or 7.6.1 and therefore there is  
> a Iomega driver for that version MacOS.
> 
> I would format the Zip on the MAC SE then take it over to the newer  
> computer...
> 
> 
> 
> If you find you don't have Iomega, I can post to a fileshare site and  
> you can get it.....
> 
> Regards,
> Ted
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 9, 2009, at 7:38 PM, John wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Ok I'm almost there gang, I got my Emax2 an internal hard drive  
> (secured with heavy duty velcro until I get a hold of or have  
> fabricated the proper metal mounting plate. I was so engrossed I was  
> up till 2am last night loading floppy banks, and then sampling and  
> creating new banks from my sound library. WOW what you can do with MPC  
> hip hop samples, or any drum samples for that matter with this thing!
> 
> Anyway, I have a working Mac SE 30, running system 7.0 with 4mb ram  
> and a 20MB Hard Drive. I have, in the box with all the paperwork in  
> mint condition Sound Designer Universal. However, as most of you know,  
> it doesn't work well with EMAX 2, it says it works with SP1200's which  
> I don't own. So, I downloaded Alchemy and earlier Sound Designer .sit  
> files, burned them to a CD, took them to my old G3 with a zip drive,  
> copied them to that, put that zip disk in my SCSI Zip drive hooked to  
> the MAC SE, and it will not mount. It sees something on the SCSI Buss  
> per the SCSI director control panel, but will not mount the Zip disk.  
> OK getting anxious here. The only way I can relatively easily and  
> painlessly get those application onto the SE is by way of floppies.  
> Can ANYONE give me a hand and copy those applications to floppies with  
> a mac and send them to me to load up and run? I'll pay any and all  
> expenses related to this H U G E favor.
> 
> I've come SOOOO close to having the dream system I craved back in 1990  
> and just need to get those applications loaded and running to be  
> living my post high school Emax/Mac system dreams! I'm even thinking  
> of painting my SE's case black to match the Emax, and building a  
> custom keyboard stand from an Ultimate Apex stand to hold them  
> together in the most fashionable way possible.
> 
> Anyway let me know if ANYONE can lend sneaker, or snail mail floppy  
> rescue and assistance my way.
> 
> Thanks all, happy max'in!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't the G3 have a floppy disk drive, and if not can't one be added?


*Disclaimer I have never had a mac for daily use until my OS X 10.5 (which I'm writing this on now) which is basically a really nice version of the nix kernel & all the innovations that Microsoft and Apple have brought to Xerox's Alto, and as such my hardware knowledge on the old macs is limited*

________________________________

From: John <jrb1864@...>
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2009 11:42:50 PM
Subject: [emax] Re: Sample Editors on MAC SE Compatible Floppies?





I don't have access to 7.5, I'm running 7.0 and I don't have a way to get the file(s) onto the MACSE unless they are on floppies (IOMEGA Extensions, or Alchemy or Sound Designer). The only way I can get a file or a program onto the SE is via the floppy drive.  The SE will not mount the zip drive.

I appreciate your advice, but I don't think it will work in my case.  Bummed, seriously bummed...so close yet so far...

--- In emax@yahoogroups. com, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:
>
> Do you have the IOMEGA extensions loaded on the Mac SE?
> 
> The Mac SE should be able to run 7.5.5 or 7.6.1 and therefore there is 
> a Iomega driver for that version MacOS.
> 
> I would format the Zip on the MAC SE then take it over to the newer 
> computer...
> 
> 
> 
> If you find you don't have Iomega, I can post to a fileshare site and 
> you can get it.....
> 
> Regards,
> Ted
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 9, 2009, at 7:38 PM, John wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Ok I'm almost there gang, I got my Emax2 an internal hard drive 
> (secured with heavy duty velcro until I get a hold of or have 
> fabricated the proper metal mounting plate. I was so engrossed I was 
> up till 2am last night loading floppy banks, and then sampling and 
> creating new banks from my sound library. WOW what you can do with MPC 
> hip hop samples, or any drum samples for that matter with this thing!
> 
> Anyway, I have a working Mac SE 30, running system 7.0 with 4mb ram 
> and a 20MB Hard Drive. I have, in the box with all the paperwork in 
> mint condition Sound Designer Universal. However, as most of you know, 
> it doesn't work well with EMAX 2, it says it works with SP1200's which 
> I don't own. So, I downloaded Alchemy and earlier Sound Designer .sit 
> files, burned them to a CD, took them to my old G3 with a zip drive, 
> copied them to that, put that zip disk in my SCSI Zip drive hooked to 
> the MAC SE, and it will not mount. It sees something on the SCSI Buss 
> per the SCSI director control panel, but will not mount the Zip disk. 
> OK getting anxious here. The only way I can relatively easily and 
> painlessly get those application onto the SE is by way of floppies. 
> Can ANYONE give me a hand and copy those applications to floppies with 
> a mac and send them to me to load up and run? I'll pay any and all 
> expenses related to this H U G E favor.
> 
> I've come SOOOO close to having the dream system I craved back in 1990 
> and just need to get those applications loaded and running to be 
> living my post high school Emax/Mac system dreams! I'm even thinking 
> of painting my SE's case black to match the Emax, and building a 
> custom keyboard stand from an Ultimate Apex stand to hold them 
> together in the most fashionable way possible.
> 
> Anyway let me know if ANYONE can lend sneaker, or snail mail floppy 
> rescue and assistance my way.
> 
> Thanks all, happy max'in!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>





      

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7.5.5 is (was) available of  Apple's site for free as floppy images.....
it is like, 19 floppies....

Alchemy (I have an original not a copy) fits on one floppy.

Regards,
Ted

On Jul 9, 2009, at 11:42 PM, John wrote:



I don't have access to 7.5, I'm running 7.0 and I don't have a way to  
get the file(s) onto the MACSE unless they are on floppies (IOMEGA  
Extensions, or Alchemy or Sound Designer). The only way I can get a  
file or a program onto the SE is via the floppy drive. The SE will not  
mount the zip drive.

I appreciate your advice, but I don't think it will work in my case.  
Bummed, seriously bummed...so close yet so far...

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:
 >
 > Do you have the IOMEGA extensions loaded on the Mac SE?
 >
 > The Mac SE should be able to run 7.5.5 or 7.6.1 and therefore there  
is
 > a Iomega driver for that version MacOS.
 >
 > I would format the Zip on the MAC SE then take it over to the newer
 > computer...
 >
 >
 >
 > If you find you don't have Iomega, I can post to a fileshare site and
 > you can get it.....
 >
 > Regards,
 > Ted
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > On Jul 9, 2009, at 7:38 PM, John wrote:
 >
 >
 >
 > Ok I'm almost there gang, I got my Emax2 an internal hard drive
 > (secured with heavy duty velcro until I get a hold of or have
 > fabricated the proper metal mounting plate. I was so engrossed I was
 > up till 2am last night loading floppy banks, and then sampling and
 > creating new banks from my sound library. WOW what you can do with  
MPC
 > hip hop samples, or any drum samples for that matter with this thing!
 >
 > Anyway, I have a working Mac SE 30, running system 7.0 with 4mb ram
 > and a 20MB Hard Drive. I have, in the box with all the paperwork in
 > mint condition Sound Designer Universal. However, as most of you  
know,
 > it doesn't work well with EMAX 2, it says it works with SP1200's  
which
 > I don't own. So, I downloaded Alchemy and earlier Sound Designer .sit
 > files, burned them to a CD, took them to my old G3 with a zip drive,
 > copied them to that, put that zip disk in my SCSI Zip drive hooked to
 > the MAC SE, and it will not mount. It sees something on the SCSI Buss
 > per the SCSI director control panel, but will not mount the Zip disk.
 > OK getting anxious here. The only way I can relatively easily and
 > painlessly get those application onto the SE is by way of floppies.
 > Can ANYONE give me a hand and copy those applications to floppies  
with
 > a mac and send them to me to load up and run? I'll pay any and all
 > expenses related to this H U G E favor.
 >
 > I've come SOOOO close to having the dream system I craved back in  
1990
 > and just need to get those applications loaded and running to be
 > living my post high school Emax/Mac system dreams! I'm even thinking
 > of painting my SE's case black to match the Emax, and building a
 > custom keyboard stand from an Ultimate Apex stand to hold them
 > together in the most fashionable way possible.
 >
 > Anyway let me know if ANYONE can lend sneaker, or snail mail floppy
 > rescue and assistance my way.
 >
 > Thanks all, happy max'in!
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
 >






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My Beige G3 had a floppy. The B/W did not, but you could add USB  
floppy. I have a USB floppy and it works in Leopard- on my Mac Pro.

Regards,
Ted

On Jul 10, 2009, at 12:42 AM, Patrick wrote:



Maybe I'm missing something, but doesn't the G3 have a floppy disk  
drive, and if not can't one be added?

*Disclaimer I have never had a mac for daily use until my OS X 10.5  
(which I'm writing this on now) which is basically a really nice  
version of the nix kernel & all the innovations that Microsoft and  
Apple have brought to Xerox's Alto, and as such my hardware knowledge  
on the old macs is limited*

________________________________

From: John <jrb1864@...>
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2009 11:42:50 PM
Subject: [emax] Re: Sample Editors on MAC SE Compatible Floppies?

I don't have access to 7.5, I'm running 7.0 and I don't have a way to  
get the file(s) onto the MACSE unless they are on floppies (IOMEGA  
Extensions, or Alchemy or Sound Designer). The only way I can get a  
file or a program onto the SE is via the floppy drive. The SE will not  
mount the zip drive.

I appreciate your advice, but I don't think it will work in my case.  
Bummed, seriously bummed...so close yet so far...

--- In emax@yahoogroups. com, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:
 >
 > Do you have the IOMEGA extensions loaded on the Mac SE?
 >
 > The Mac SE should be able to run 7.5.5 or 7.6.1 and therefore there  
is
 > a Iomega driver for that version MacOS.
 >
 > I would format the Zip on the MAC SE then take it over to the newer
 > computer...
 >
 >
 >
 > If you find you don't have Iomega, I can post to a fileshare site and
 > you can get it.....
 >
 > Regards,
 > Ted
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > On Jul 9, 2009, at 7:38 PM, John wrote:
 >
 >
 >
 > Ok I'm almost there gang, I got my Emax2 an internal hard drive
 > (secured with heavy duty velcro until I get a hold of or have
 > fabricated the proper metal mounting plate. I was so engrossed I was
 > up till 2am last night loading floppy banks, and then sampling and
 > creating new banks from my sound library. WOW what you can do with  
MPC
 > hip hop samples, or any drum samples for that matter with this thing!
 >
 > Anyway, I have a working Mac SE 30, running system 7.0 with 4mb ram
 > and a 20MB Hard Drive. I have, in the box with all the paperwork in
 > mint condition Sound Designer Universal. However, as most of you  
know,
 > it doesn't work well with EMAX 2, it says it works with SP1200's  
which
 > I don't own. So, I downloaded Alchemy and earlier Sound Designer .sit
 > files, burned them to a CD, took them to my old G3 with a zip drive,
 > copied them to that, put that zip disk in my SCSI Zip drive hooked to
 > the MAC SE, and it will not mount. It sees something on the SCSI Buss
 > per the SCSI director control panel, but will not mount the Zip disk.
 > OK getting anxious here. The only way I can relatively easily and
 > painlessly get those application onto the SE is by way of floppies.
 > Can ANYONE give me a hand and copy those applications to floppies  
with
 > a mac and send them to me to load up and run? I'll pay any and all
 > expenses related to this H U G E favor.
 >
 > I've come SOOOO close to having the dream system I craved back in  
1990
 > and just need to get those applications loaded and running to be
 > living my post high school Emax/Mac system dreams! I'm even thinking
 > of painting my SE's case black to match the Emax, and building a
 > custom keyboard stand from an Ultimate Apex stand to hold them
 > together in the most fashionable way possible.
 >
 > Anyway let me know if ANYONE can lend sneaker, or snail mail floppy
 > rescue and assistance my way.
 >
 > Thanks all, happy max'in!
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
 >

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Yes it does, however it does not read, forgot to mention that.  Is the cosmos trying to tell me something?  LOL!

Mmmm If I could get the floppy drive to work on the G3 I could download the floppy images and then copy them to floppies and then add system 7.5 to my SE.  Now I have to troubleshoot the floppy issue.  I wonder if my peforma's floppy would work in the G3?

Hmmmmmmmmm

I need to make a punch list, I'm forgetting why I'm doing what in each step LOL!

I really appreciate everyone's help!  I can wait till I can post a photo of my SE running SD or Alchemy with my EMAX2!

If you are booted in classic on the G3, you should be able to write floppies
that the Mac SE can read.
I've done it before, long ago in a galaxy far away......

I recommend you get a new floppy for that G3 and make those 7.5.5 disks.
That way you can get your mac running the Iomega extensions.....

Regards,
Ted



On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 8:04 AM, John <jrb1864@...> wrote:

>
>
> Yes it does, however it does not read, forgot to mention that. Is the
> cosmos trying to tell me something? LOL!
>
> 
>


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Already searching, such a good idea and I'm on it!


Thanks again all!

Progress reports as they happen!

Found the floppy drive preparing to order...garsh I love the net!