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2009-08-08 by Daniel Baum

Hello,

I just thought I should introduce myself, having joined the list today.

I bought an Emax II yesterday - or more accurately, I swapped it for a Roland JV-1080 which had been gathering dust due to never having been used by me for anything. Personally I think  got the better deal.

I am delighted with the Emax II, it has a great sound and it's really fun to use. I am a big fan of Depeche Mode and also of vintage electronics, so obviously I jumped on the chance of owning it.

As well as sounding great, it has also replaced my previous controller keyboard at the center of my equipment:

http://www.type34.info/temp/My%20equipment/equipment.jpg

Everything appears to be working OK except that the LCD backlight appears to be dead. I have not checked the floppy drive. It has a massive 8MB of RAM and an enormous 500mb hard disk :)

My only concern is how long this museum piece will carry on working . . 

Regards,

Daniel

Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

2009-08-08 by jammie

forever as long as you service it from time to time 

the back light needs to be changed they start dying out after 4 years they start to fade but can last upto 15 years it all depends if you leave your machine on 

the other things that go are the filter caps in the psu which cause excessive ripple which makes the synth play up or not power at all the adding of zip drives puts extra strain on the psu it being only 40w max output

the other is the floppy drive 

also the inverter for the light strip can go they start to give a very high pitched tone 

but with the led lcd displays you can change with a little bit off modding and they last for ages and you can do away with the inverter as the led only needs 5v

most other electronics shold last for very long time there are .
radio,s still working from the 1920,s 

and as there are no moving parts to fail should keep going for a long time

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Daniel Baum 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 1:02 PM
  Subject: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

    Hello,

  I just thought I should introduce myself, having joined the list today.

  I bought an Emax II yesterday - or more accurately, I swapped it for a Roland JV-1080 which had been gathering dust due to never having been used by me for anything. Personally I think got the better deal.

  I am delighted with the Emax II, it has a great sound and it's really fun to use. I am a big fan of Depeche Mode and also of vintage electronics, so obviously I jumped on the chance of owning it.

  As well as sounding great, it has also replaced my previous controller keyboard at the center of my equipment:

  http://www.type34.info/temp/My%20equipment/equipment.jpg

  Everything appears to be working OK except that the LCD backlight appears to be dead. I have not checked the floppy drive. It has a massive 8MB of RAM and an enormous 500mb hard disk :)

  My only concern is how long this museum piece will carry on working . . 

  Regards,

  Daniel

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Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

2009-08-08 by Frequency Spectrum

i think you can still get the backlights and lcd's from rs



On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Daniel Baum <daniel@...> wrote:

>
>
> Hello,
>
> I just thought I should introduce myself, having joined the list today.
>
> I bought an Emax II yesterday - or more accurately, I swapped it for a
> Roland JV-1080 which had been gathering dust due to never having been used
> by me for anything. Personally I think got the better deal.
>
> I am delighted with the Emax II, it has a great sound and it's really fun
> to use. I am a big fan of Depeche Mode and also of vintage electronics, so
> obviously I jumped on the chance of owning it.
>
> As well as sounding great, it has also replaced my previous controller
> keyboard at the center of my equipment:
>
> http://www.type34.info/temp/My%20equipment/equipment.jpg
>
> Everything appears to be working OK except that the LCD backlight appears
> to be dead. I have not checked the floppy drive. It has a massive 8MB of RAM
> and an enormous 500mb hard disk :)
>
> My only concern is how long this museum piece will carry on working . .
>
> Regards,
>
> Daniel
>
> 
>


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Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

2009-08-08 by jammie

the lcd not the back light you can get the el sheet but you have to cut it to size yourself and you 

have to make sure you cut the anode and cathode to the right side or it will shine backwards

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Frequency Spectrum 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 5:16 PM
  Subject: Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.


    i think you can still get the backlights and lcd's from rs

  On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Daniel Baum <daniel@...> wrote:

  >
  >
  > Hello,
  >
  > I just thought I should introduce myself, having joined the list today.
  >
  > I bought an Emax II yesterday - or more accurately, I swapped it for a
  > Roland JV-1080 which had been gathering dust due to never having been used
  > by me for anything. Personally I think got the better deal.
  >
  > I am delighted with the Emax II, it has a great sound and it's really fun
  > to use. I am a big fan of Depeche Mode and also of vintage electronics, so
  > obviously I jumped on the chance of owning it.
  >
  > As well as sounding great, it has also replaced my previous controller
  > keyboard at the center of my equipment:
  >
  > http://www.type34.info/temp/My%20equipment/equipment.jpg
  >
  > Everything appears to be working OK except that the LCD backlight appears
  > to be dead. I have not checked the floppy drive. It has a massive 8MB of RAM
  > and an enormous 500mb hard disk :)
  >
  > My only concern is how long this museum piece will carry on working . .
  >
  > Regards,
  >
  > Daniel
  >
  > 
  >

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Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

2009-08-08 by Frequency Spectrum

telesis or backlights.co.uk and theres another place in germany
ill find it for you

On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:14 PM, jammie <jammie.emma@...> wrote:

>
>
> the lcd not the back light you can get the el sheet but you have to cut it
> to size yourself and you
>
> have to make sure you cut the anode and cathode to the right side or it
> will shine backwards
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Frequency Spectrum
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 5:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.
>
> i think you can still get the backlights and lcd's from rs
>
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Daniel Baum <daniel@...<daniel%40type34.info>>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I just thought I should introduce myself, having joined the list today.
> >
> > I bought an Emax II yesterday - or more accurately, I swapped it for a
> > Roland JV-1080 which had been gathering dust due to never having been
> used
> > by me for anything. Personally I think got the better deal.
> >
> > I am delighted with the Emax II, it has a great sound and it's really fun
> > to use. I am a big fan of Depeche Mode and also of vintage electronics,
> so
> > obviously I jumped on the chance of owning it.
> >
> > As well as sounding great, it has also replaced my previous controller
> > keyboard at the center of my equipment:
> >
> > http://www.type34.info/temp/My%20equipment/equipment.jpg
> >
> > Everything appears to be working OK except that the LCD backlight appears
> > to be dead. I have not checked the floppy drive. It has a massive 8MB of
> RAM
> > and an enormous 500mb hard disk :)
> >
> > My only concern is how long this museum piece will carry on working . .
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >
> >
>
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Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

2009-08-08 by Frequency Spectrum

http://virtual-music.at/webseiten_e/zubehoer/emu.htm#lcd

there you go

On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Frequency Spectrum
<freqspec@...>wrote:

> telesis or backlights.co.uk and theres another place in germany
> ill find it for you
>
>   On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:14 PM, jammie <jammie.emma@...>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> the lcd not the back light you can get the el sheet but you have to cut it
>> to size yourself and you
>>
>> have to make sure you cut the anode and cathode to the right side or it
>> will shine backwards
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Frequency Spectrum
>> To: emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 5:16 PM
>> Subject: Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.
>>
>> i think you can still get the backlights and lcd's from rs
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Daniel Baum <daniel@...<daniel%40type34.info>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I just thought I should introduce myself, having joined the list today.
>> >
>> > I bought an Emax II yesterday - or more accurately, I swapped it for a
>> > Roland JV-1080 which had been gathering dust due to never having been
>> used
>> > by me for anything. Personally I think got the better deal.
>> >
>> > I am delighted with the Emax II, it has a great sound and it's really
>> fun
>> > to use. I am a big fan of Depeche Mode and also of vintage electronics,
>> so
>> > obviously I jumped on the chance of owning it.
>> >
>> > As well as sounding great, it has also replaced my previous controller
>> > keyboard at the center of my equipment:
>> >
>> > http://www.type34.info/temp/My%20equipment/equipment.jpg
>> >
>> > Everything appears to be working OK except that the LCD backlight
>> appears
>> > to be dead. I have not checked the floppy drive. It has a massive 8MB of
>> RAM
>> > and an enormous 500mb hard disk :)
>> >
>> > My only concern is how long this museum piece will carry on working . .
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Daniel
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

2009-08-08 by jammie

backlight.uk are no more when you try the site it takes you to the german 1 

i had a customer get 1 from the german company and the cathode and anode was back to front and it lighted back into the sampler

he told me to just turn it round 

with it has to be + and negative you cant put it  to +-negative and negative-  positive it dont work 

its basically the same as neon it only works the corect way 

its not a light bulb which can have polarity any way

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Frequency Spectrum 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 7:12 PM
  Subject: Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.


    telesis or backlights.co.uk and theres another place in germany
  ill find it for you

  On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 6:14 PM, jammie <jammie.emma@...> wrote:

  >
  >
  > the lcd not the back light you can get the el sheet but you have to cut it
  > to size yourself and you
  >
  > have to make sure you cut the anode and cathode to the right side or it
  > will shine backwards
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: Frequency Spectrum
  > To: emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com>
  > Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 5:16 PM
  > Subject: Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.
  >
  > i think you can still get the backlights and lcd's from rs
  >
  > On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Daniel Baum <daniel@...<daniel%40type34.info>>
  > wrote:
  >
  > >
  > >
  > > Hello,
  > >
  > > I just thought I should introduce myself, having joined the list today.
  > >
  > > I bought an Emax II yesterday - or more accurately, I swapped it for a
  > > Roland JV-1080 which had been gathering dust due to never having been
  > used
  > > by me for anything. Personally I think got the better deal.
  > >
  > > I am delighted with the Emax II, it has a great sound and it's really fun
  > > to use. I am a big fan of Depeche Mode and also of vintage electronics,
  > so
  > > obviously I jumped on the chance of owning it.
  > >
  > > As well as sounding great, it has also replaced my previous controller
  > > keyboard at the center of my equipment:
  > >
  > > http://www.type34.info/temp/My%20equipment/equipment.jpg
  > >
  > > Everything appears to be working OK except that the LCD backlight appears
  > > to be dead. I have not checked the floppy drive. It has a massive 8MB of
  > RAM
  > > and an enormous 500mb hard disk :)
  > >
  > > My only concern is how long this museum piece will carry on working . .
  > >
  > > Regards,
  > >
  > > Daniel
  > >
  > >
  > >
  >
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Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

2009-08-09 by Daniel Baum

Thanks everyone for replying to my mail.

Since I last wrote I have tested the floppy and it does work - I was able to 
create a bootable OS disk.

I have a big pile of diskettes left over from old computers but most of them 
are HD, and the Emax doesn't seem to like them even if you format them as DD 
in the emax. Is this right?

My only real worry is the longevity of the hard disk, which I would like to 
back up as soon as possible. The cheapest option seems to be a Zip drive, 
which are available on eBay for next to nothing. I never had one of these 
even when they were new. Are they reliable?

Another option would be to put together an external hard disk. I found what 
appears to be the right kind of enclosure, but very small 50-pin SCSI disks 
seem to be pretty thin on the ground, even on eBay. Does anyone have any 
suggestions where I might find one?

Thanks,

D.

Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

2009-08-09 by jammie

ZIP DISKS ARE FINE and cheap try and get a + model as they are less prone to the disk of death clicking syndrome or get a cf flash drive

which consists of a scsi to ide adapter bridge card and get a apro pcmcia to ide these are hot swapable you just need a pcmcia to compact flash converter card i use 32mb compact flash disks

the card is a acard 50 pin ultra scsi to ide interface card cpl have some second hand 1.s for $30 the apro card is about $60 the reson i say the apro one is its hot swap any ide to cf card is not becuase the ide buss was never resetable how the apro pcmcia card drive works is it has a interface chip that deals with the ide and the interface chip is able to reset the pcmcia card with out dissabling the ide buss

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Daniel Baum 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 7:34 PM
  Subject: Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

    Thanks everyone for replying to my mail.

  Since I last wrote I have tested the floppy and it does work - I was able to 
  create a bootable OS disk.

  I have a big pile of diskettes left over from old computers but most of them 
  are HD, and the Emax doesn't seem to like them even if you format them as DD 
  in the emax. Is this right?

  My only real worry is the longevity of the hard disk, which I would like to 
  back up as soon as possible. The cheapest option seems to be a Zip drive, 
  which are available on eBay for next to nothing. I never had one of these 
  even when they were new. Are they reliable?

  Another option would be to put together an external hard disk. I found what 
  appears to be the right kind of enclosure, but very small 50-pin SCSI disks 
  seem to be pretty thin on the ground, even on eBay. Does anyone have any 
  suggestions where I might find one?

  Thanks,

  D. 

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Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

2009-08-10 by Daniel Baum

Hello

Thanks for your help 

I am leaning towards buying an external CF drive from www.scsiforsamplers.com. Does anyone have any experience with them?

Meanwhile, it looks like my harddisk may be dying. It sometimes fails to spin up, and sometimes spins up and down while the sampler is working. Once the sampler froze because of this. I can boot from the diskette, but backing up the harddisk is becoming urgent. Maybe I should stop using it in the meantime.

One question - is there a way of reading the CF disks formatted in the Emax on a PC? I would like to download libraries from the net and am looking for a way to transfer them to the Emax.

Thanks,

D.





    ZIP DISKS ARE FINE and cheap try and get a + model as they are less prone to the disk of death clicking syndrome or get a cf flash drive

  which consists of a scsi to ide adapter bridge card and get a apro pcmcia to ide these are hot swapable you just need a pcmcia to compact flash converter card i use 32mb compact flash disks

  the card is a acard 50 pin ultra scsi to ide interface card cpl have some second hand 1.s for $30 the apro card is about $60 the reson i say the apro one is its hot swap any ide to cf card is not becuase the ide buss was never resetable how the apro pcmcia card drive works is it has a interface chip that deals with the ide and the interface chip is able to reset the pcmcia card with out dissabling the ide buss

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Daniel Baum 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 7:34 PM
  Subject: Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

  Thanks everyone for replying to my mail.

  Since I last wrote I have tested the floppy and it does work - I was able to 
  create a bootable OS disk.

  I have a big pile of diskettes left over from old computers but most of them 
  are HD, and the Emax doesn't seem to like them even if you format them as DD 
  in the emax. Is this right?

  My only real worry is the longevity of the hard disk, which I would like to 
  back up as soon as possible. The cheapest option seems to be a Zip drive, 
  which are available on eBay for next to nothing. I never had one of these 
  even when they were new. Are they reliable?

  Another option would be to put together an external hard disk. I found what 
  appears to be the right kind of enclosure, but very small 50-pin SCSI disks 
  seem to be pretty thin on the ground, even on eBay. Does anyone have any 
  suggestions where I might find one?

  Thanks,

  D. 

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Re: Just joined the groups - hi all.

2009-08-10 by tx_marshal

One question - is there a way of reading the CF disks formatted in the Emax on a PC? I would like to download libraries from the net and am looking for a way to transfer them to the Emax.

EMXP will (download from the files section)

Re: [emax] Re: Just joined the groups - hi all.

2009-08-10 by Daniel Baum

Tks.

D.


    One question - is there a way of reading the CF disks formatted in the Emax on a PC? I would like to download libraries from the net and am looking for a way to transfer them to the Emax.

  EMXP will (download from the files section)



  

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Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

2009-08-10 by jammie

wait a while on the cf drive j.d. wilson and myself are working on a hot swap board 3.5" floppy bay drive 

i am currently testing a few boards to see what works with all  the samplers and j.d.wilson owner of scsiforsamplers is testing others we are also testing scsi interfaces for all the samplers 

watch this space for updates

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----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Baum
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

Hello

Thanks for your help

I am leaning towards buying an external CF drive from www.scsiforsamplers.com. Does anyone have any experience with them?

Meanwhile, it looks like my harddisk may be dying. It sometimes fails to spin up, and sometimes spins up and down while the sampler is working. Once the sampler froze because of this. I can boot from the diskette, but backing up the harddisk is becoming urgent. Maybe I should stop using it in the meantime.

One question - is there a way of reading the CF disks formatted in the Emax on a PC? I would like to download libraries from the net and am looking for a way to transfer them to the Emax.

Thanks,

ZIP DISKS ARE FINE and cheap try and get a + model as they are less prone to the disk of death clicking syndrome or get a cf flash drive

which consists of a scsi to ide adapter bridge card and get a apro pcmcia to ide these are hot swapable you just need a pcmcia to compact flash converter card i use 32mb compact flash disks

the card is a acard 50 pin ultra scsi to ide interface card cpl have some second hand 1.s for $30 the apro card is about $60 the reson i say the apro one is its hot swap any ide to cf card is not becuase the ide buss was never resetable how the apro pcmcia card drive works is it has a interface chip that deals with the ide and the interface chip is able to reset the pcmcia card with out dissabling the ide buss
----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Baum
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

Thanks everyone for replying to my mail.

Since I last wrote I have tested the floppy and it does work - I was able to
create a bootable OS disk.

I have a big pile of diskettes left over from old computers but most of them
are HD, and the Emax doesn't seem to like them even if you format them as DD
in the emax. Is this right?

My only real worry is the longevity of the hard disk, which I would like to
back up as soon as possible. The cheapest option seems to be a Zip drive,
which are available on eBay for next to nothing. I never had one of these
even when they were new. Are they reliable?

Another option would be to put together an external hard disk. I found what
appears to be the right kind of enclosure, but very small 50-pin SCSI disks
seem to be pretty thin on the ground, even on eBay. Does anyone have any
suggestions where I might find one?

Thanks,

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Re: [emax] Re: Just joined the groups - hi all.

2009-08-10 by jammie

yes you can format the disks on a pc i do it all the time 

i use chicken systems translator free to format ensoniq /emu esi/eos/akai/roland/and many others 

you can use emxp to put banks on it but you need to format the cfcard in the emax first once formated

put into your pc card slot and remember what drive letter it is 

now use exmp to add files and banks to the drive same way you would with a zip disk get 32mb sandisk version 1 cf cards

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  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 9:33 PM
  Subject: [emax] Re: Just joined the groups - hi all.


    One question - is there a way of reading the CF disks formatted in the Emax on a PC? I would like to download libraries from the net and am looking for a way to transfer them to the Emax.

  EMXP will (download from the files section)



  


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Re: [emax] Re: Just joined the groups - hi all.

2009-08-11 by Daniel Baum

>now use exmp to add files and banks to the drive same way you would with a 
>zip disk get 32mb sandisk >version 1 cf cards

Is that the maximum size that an Emax II can handle? If so I can see why 
hot-swappability is an issue/

D.

Re: [emax] Re: Just joined the groups - hi all.

2009-08-11 by Dave Sotnick

No, the Emax II can handle 540MB. The Emax (I) can only handle 20MB of
banks.

-Dave

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Daniel Baum <daniel@...> wrote:

>
>
> Is that the maximum size that an Emax II can handle? If so I can see why
> hot-swappability is an issue/
>
> D.
>
>


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SCSI Kits, Zips, etc....

2009-08-13 by Ted Summers

I know SCSI Zip may be getting hard to find.
I tested IDE Zip with Acard SCSI bridge and that works fine.

I have easily found internal IDE Zip drives for as little as $5.
There is a stack at my local used computer outlet, as well as brand  
new ones......which cost more, but I dunno how much more.

Just letting folks know that is another tested combination.

I have recently restocked all parts for kits and have another 10 kits  
available.

One other thing- I found a page for making your own SCSI CF drive. The  
PCB have to be made, but firmware already created and free under GNU  
or GPL license.
Common parts to build it.

Was thinking about investigating costs associated with making this.

Peoples thoughts- should I really dig into this to see what the cost  
would be? How many would be interested?
I don't think it would be the $250 some are charging for CF drives......

Regards,
Ted

On Aug 9, 2009, at 11:59 AM, jammie wrote:

ZIP DISKS ARE FINE and cheap try and get a + model as they are less  
prone to the disk of death clicking syndrome or get a cf flash drive

which consists of a scsi to ide adapter bridge card and get a apro  
pcmcia to ide these are hot swapable you just need a pcmcia to compact  
flash converter card i use 32mb compact flash disks

the card is a acard 50 pin ultra scsi to ide interface card cpl have  
some second hand 1.s for $30 the apro card is about $60 the reson i  
say the apro one is its hot swap any ide to cf card is not becuase the  
ide buss was never resetable how the apro pcmcia card drive works is  
it has a interface chip that deals with the ide and the interface chip  
is able to reset the pcmcia card with out dissabling the ide buss

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----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Baum
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

Thanks everyone for replying to my mail.

Since I last wrote I have tested the floppy and it does work - I was  
able to
create a bootable OS disk.

I have a big pile of diskettes left over from old computers but most  
of them
are HD, and the Emax doesn't seem to like them even if you format them  
as DD
in the emax. Is this right?

My only real worry is the longevity of the hard disk, which I would  
like to
back up as soon as possible. The cheapest option seems to be a Zip  
drive,
which are available on eBay for next to nothing. I never had one of  
these
even when they were new. Are they reliable?

Another option would be to put together an external hard disk. I found  
what
appears to be the right kind of enclosure, but very small 50-pin SCSI  
disks
seem to be pretty thin on the ground, even on eBay. Does anyone have any
suggestions where I might find one?

Thanks,

D.

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Re: [emax] SCSI Kits, Zips, etc....

2009-08-13 by Elk Latham

I'd be interested in a CF kit. 
Do you know what the max size CF card that could be used?
For instance. I have a EVI xt and the card reader/writer I installed can't work with anything larger then 4 GB cards.
It's a limitation of the drive.




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From: Ted Summers <djtbs1@...>
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:41:05 AM
Subject: [emax] SCSI Kits, Zips, etc....

I know SCSI Zip may be getting hard to find.
I tested IDE Zip with Acard SCSI bridge and that works fine.

I have easily found internal IDE Zip drives for as little as $5.
There is a stack at my local used computer outlet, as well as brand 
new ones......which cost more, but I dunno how much more.

Just letting folks know that is another tested combination.

I have recently restocked all parts for kits and have another 10 kits 
available.

One other thing- I found a page for making your own SCSI CF drive. The 
PCB have to be made, but firmware already created and free under GNU 
or GPL license.
Common parts to build it.

Was thinking about investigating costs associated with making this.

Peoples thoughts- should I really dig into this to see what the cost 
would be? How many would be interested?
I don't think it would be the $250 some are charging for CF drives......

Regards,
Ted

On Aug 9, 2009, at 11:59 AM, jammie wrote:

ZIP DISKS ARE FINE and cheap try and get a + model as they are less 
prone to the disk of death clicking syndrome or get a cf flash drive

which consists of a scsi to ide adapter bridge card and get a apro 
pcmcia to ide these are hot swapable you just need a pcmcia to compact 
flash converter card i use 32mb compact flash disks

the card is a acard 50 pin ultra scsi to ide interface card cpl have 
some second hand 1.s for $30 the apro card is about $60 the reson i 
say the apro one is its hot swap any ide to cf card is not becuase the 
ide buss was never resetable how the apro pcmcia card drive works is 
it has a interface chip that deals with the ide and the interface chip 
is able to reset the pcmcia card with out dissabling the ide buss
----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Baum
To: emax@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

Thanks everyone for replying to my mail.

Since I last wrote I have tested the floppy and it does work - I was 
able to
create a bootable OS disk.

I have a big pile of diskettes left over from old computers but most 
of them
are HD, and the Emax doesn't seem to like them even if you format them 
as DD
in the emax. Is this right?

My only real worry is the longevity of the hard disk, which I would 
like to
back up as soon as possible. The cheapest option seems to be a Zip 
drive,
which are available on eBay for next to nothing. I never had one of 
these
even when they were new. Are they reliable?

Another option would be to put together an external hard disk. I found 
what
appears to be the right kind of enclosure, but very small 50-pin SCSI 
disks
seem to be pretty thin on the ground, even on eBay. Does anyone have any
suggestions where I might find one?

Thanks,

D.

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Re: [emax] SCSI Kits, Zips, etc....

2009-08-13 by jammie

i am at the moment on designing new scsi to ide interface for cf cards and am going to make them for 3.5" size to fit floppy bay 

i have the pcb almost ready for a test run will keep you posted

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ted Summers 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 2:41 PM
  Subject: [emax] SCSI Kits, Zips, etc....

    I know SCSI Zip may be getting hard to find.
  I tested IDE Zip with Acard SCSI bridge and that works fine.

  I have easily found internal IDE Zip drives for as little as $5.
  There is a stack at my local used computer outlet, as well as brand 
  new ones......which cost more, but I dunno how much more.

  Just letting folks know that is another tested combination.

  I have recently restocked all parts for kits and have another 10 kits 
  available.

  One other thing- I found a page for making your own SCSI CF drive. The 
  PCB have to be made, but firmware already created and free under GNU 
  or GPL license.
  Common parts to build it.

  Was thinking about investigating costs associated with making this.

  Peoples thoughts- should I really dig into this to see what the cost 
  would be? How many would be interested?
  I don't think it would be the $250 some are charging for CF drives......

  Regards,
  Ted

  On Aug 9, 2009, at 11:59 AM, jammie wrote:

  ZIP DISKS ARE FINE and cheap try and get a + model as they are less 
  prone to the disk of death clicking syndrome or get a cf flash drive

  which consists of a scsi to ide adapter bridge card and get a apro 
  pcmcia to ide these are hot swapable you just need a pcmcia to compact 
  flash converter card i use 32mb compact flash disks

  the card is a acard 50 pin ultra scsi to ide interface card cpl have 
  some second hand 1.s for $30 the apro card is about $60 the reson i 
  say the apro one is its hot swap any ide to cf card is not becuase the 
  ide buss was never resetable how the apro pcmcia card drive works is 
  it has a interface chip that deals with the ide and the interface chip 
  is able to reset the pcmcia card with out dissabling the ide buss
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Daniel Baum
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 7:34 PM
  Subject: Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

  Thanks everyone for replying to my mail.

  Since I last wrote I have tested the floppy and it does work - I was 
  able to
  create a bootable OS disk.

  I have a big pile of diskettes left over from old computers but most 
  of them
  are HD, and the Emax doesn't seem to like them even if you format them 
  as DD
  in the emax. Is this right?

  My only real worry is the longevity of the hard disk, which I would 
  like to
  back up as soon as possible. The cheapest option seems to be a Zip 
  drive,
  which are available on eBay for next to nothing. I never had one of 
  these
  even when they were new. Are they reliable?

  Another option would be to put together an external hard disk. I found 
  what
  appears to be the right kind of enclosure, but very small 50-pin SCSI 
  disks
  seem to be pretty thin on the ground, even on eBay. Does anyone have any
  suggestions where I might find one?

  Thanks,

  D.

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Re: [emax] SCSI Kits, Zips, etc....

2009-08-13 by jammie

only use 32mb for emax and 512 for emax 2 it would be a waste for the 4gb ones as they would be wasted space you can get 512 cards for $8

and 32mb for $3-5

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----- Original Message -----
From: Elk Latham
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 4:03 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] SCSI Kits, Zips, etc....

I'd be interested in a CF kit.
Do you know what the max size CF card that could be used?
For instance. I have a EVI xt and the card reader/writer I installed can't work with anything larger then 4 GB cards.
It's a limitation of the drive.

________________________________
From: Ted Summers <djtbs1@...>
To: emax@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:41:05 AM
Subject: [emax] SCSI Kits, Zips, etc....

I know SCSI Zip may be getting hard to find.
I tested IDE Zip with Acard SCSI bridge and that works fine.

I have easily found internal IDE Zip drives for as little as $5.
There is a stack at my local used computer outlet, as well as brand
new ones......which cost more, but I dunno how much more.

Just letting folks know that is another tested combination.

I have recently restocked all parts for kits and have another 10 kits
available.

One other thing- I found a page for making your own SCSI CF drive. The
PCB have to be made, but firmware already created and free under GNU
or GPL license.
Common parts to build it.

Was thinking about investigating costs associated with making this.

Peoples thoughts- should I really dig into this to see what the cost
would be? How many would be interested?
I don't think it would be the $250 some are charging for CF drives......

Regards,
Ted

On Aug 9, 2009, at 11:59 AM, jammie wrote:

ZIP DISKS ARE FINE and cheap try and get a + model as they are less
prone to the disk of death clicking syndrome or get a cf flash drive

which consists of a scsi to ide adapter bridge card and get a apro
pcmcia to ide these are hot swapable you just need a pcmcia to compact
flash converter card i use 32mb compact flash disks

the card is a acard 50 pin ultra scsi to ide interface card cpl have
some second hand 1.s for $30 the apro card is about $60 the reson i
say the apro one is its hot swap any ide to cf card is not becuase the
ide buss was never resetable how the apro pcmcia card drive works is
it has a interface chip that deals with the ide and the interface chip
is able to reset the pcmcia card with out dissabling the ide buss
----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Baum
To: emax@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.

Thanks everyone for replying to my mail.

Since I last wrote I have tested the floppy and it does work - I was
able to
create a bootable OS disk.

I have a big pile of diskettes left over from old computers but most
of them
are HD, and the Emax doesn't seem to like them even if you format them
as DD
in the emax. Is this right?

My only real worry is the longevity of the hard disk, which I would
like to
back up as soon as possible. The cheapest option seems to be a Zip
drive,
which are available on eBay for next to nothing. I never had one of
these
even when they were new. Are they reliable?

Another option would be to put together an external hard disk. I found
what
appears to be the right kind of enclosure, but very small 50-pin SCSI
disks
seem to be pretty thin on the ground, even on eBay. Does anyone have any
suggestions where I might find one?

Thanks,

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Re: [emax] SCSI Kits, Zips, etc....

2009-08-13 by Ted Summers

Well the DIY CF thing is too expensive. I looked up some of the parts and to
build it would cost upwards of $100 per unit in raw parts, plus time.
I was trying to find a way to do something for under $100 per unit.

Oh well.....




On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Elk Latham <elk_latham@...>wrote:

>
>
> I'd be interested in a CF kit.
> Do you know what the max size CF card that could be used?
> For instance. I have a EVI xt and the card reader/writer I installed can't
> work with anything larger then 4 GB cards.
> It's a limitation of the drive.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Ted Summers <djtbs1@... <djtbs1%40gmail.com>>
> To: emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:41:05 AM
> Subject: [emax] SCSI Kits, Zips, etc....
>
>
>
> I know SCSI Zip may be getting hard to find.
> I tested IDE Zip with Acard SCSI bridge and that works fine.
>
> I have easily found internal IDE Zip drives for as little as $5.
> There is a stack at my local used computer outlet, as well as brand
> new ones......which cost more, but I dunno how much more.
>
> Just letting folks know that is another tested combination.
>
> I have recently restocked all parts for kits and have another 10 kits
> available.
>
> One other thing- I found a page for making your own SCSI CF drive. The
> PCB have to be made, but firmware already created and free under GNU
> or GPL license.
> Common parts to build it.
>
> Was thinking about investigating costs associated with making this.
>
> Peoples thoughts- should I really dig into this to see what the cost
> would be? How many would be interested?
> I don't think it would be the $250 some are charging for CF drives......
>
> Regards,
> Ted
>
> On Aug 9, 2009, at 11:59 AM, jammie wrote:
>
> ZIP DISKS ARE FINE and cheap try and get a + model as they are less
> prone to the disk of death clicking syndrome or get a cf flash drive
>
> which consists of a scsi to ide adapter bridge card and get a apro
> pcmcia to ide these are hot swapable you just need a pcmcia to compact
> flash converter card i use 32mb compact flash disks
>
> the card is a acard 50 pin ultra scsi to ide interface card cpl have
> some second hand 1.s for $30 the apro card is about $60 the reson i
> say the apro one is its hot swap any ide to cf card is not becuase the
> ide buss was never resetable how the apro pcmcia card drive works is
> it has a interface chip that deals with the ide and the interface chip
> is able to reset the pcmcia card with out dissabling the ide buss
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Daniel Baum
> To: emax@yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 7:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.
>
> Thanks everyone for replying to my mail.
>
> Since I last wrote I have tested the floppy and it does work - I was
> able to
> create a bootable OS disk.
>
> I have a big pile of diskettes left over from old computers but most
> of them
> are HD, and the Emax doesn't seem to like them even if you format them
> as DD
> in the emax. Is this right?
>
> My only real worry is the longevity of the hard disk, which I would
> like to
> back up as soon as possible. The cheapest option seems to be a Zip
> drive,
> which are available on eBay for next to nothing. I never had one of
> these
> even when they were new. Are they reliable?
>
> Another option would be to put together an external hard disk. I found
> what
> appears to be the right kind of enclosure, but very small 50-pin SCSI
> disks
> seem to be pretty thin on the ground, even on eBay. Does anyone have any
> suggestions where I might find one?
>
> Thanks,
>
> D.
>
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Re: [emax] SCSI Kits, Zips, etc....

2009-08-13 by jammie

the only reason scsiforsamplers is selling those cf drives cheap is that he got a batch of acard scsi to ide adapters cheap when they are gone they are gone as acard no longer produces them 

if you look on the net they usually sell for £100-130 for each adapter card

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  From: Ted Summers 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [emax] SCSI Kits, Zips, etc....


    Well the DIY CF thing is too expensive. I looked up some of the parts and to
  build it would cost upwards of $100 per unit in raw parts, plus time.
  I was trying to find a way to do something for under $100 per unit.

  Oh well.....

  On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Elk Latham <elk_latham@sbcglobal.net>wrote:

  >
  >
  > I'd be interested in a CF kit.
  > Do you know what the max size CF card that could be used?
  > For instance. I have a EVI xt and the card reader/writer I installed can't
  > work with anything larger then 4 GB cards.
  > It's a limitation of the drive.
  >
  > ________________________________
  > From: Ted Summers <djtbs1@... <djtbs1%40gmail.com>>
  > To: emax@yahoogroups.com <emax%40yahoogroups.com>
  > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:41:05 AM
  > Subject: [emax] SCSI Kits, Zips, etc....
  >
  >
  >
  > I know SCSI Zip may be getting hard to find.
  > I tested IDE Zip with Acard SCSI bridge and that works fine.
  >
  > I have easily found internal IDE Zip drives for as little as $5.
  > There is a stack at my local used computer outlet, as well as brand
  > new ones......which cost more, but I dunno how much more.
  >
  > Just letting folks know that is another tested combination.
  >
  > I have recently restocked all parts for kits and have another 10 kits
  > available.
  >
  > One other thing- I found a page for making your own SCSI CF drive. The
  > PCB have to be made, but firmware already created and free under GNU
  > or GPL license.
  > Common parts to build it.
  >
  > Was thinking about investigating costs associated with making this.
  >
  > Peoples thoughts- should I really dig into this to see what the cost
  > would be? How many would be interested?
  > I don't think it would be the $250 some are charging for CF drives......
  >
  > Regards,
  > Ted
  >
  > On Aug 9, 2009, at 11:59 AM, jammie wrote:
  >
  > ZIP DISKS ARE FINE and cheap try and get a + model as they are less
  > prone to the disk of death clicking syndrome or get a cf flash drive
  >
  > which consists of a scsi to ide adapter bridge card and get a apro
  > pcmcia to ide these are hot swapable you just need a pcmcia to compact
  > flash converter card i use 32mb compact flash disks
  >
  > the card is a acard 50 pin ultra scsi to ide interface card cpl have
  > some second hand 1.s for $30 the apro card is about $60 the reson i
  > say the apro one is its hot swap any ide to cf card is not becuase the
  > ide buss was never resetable how the apro pcmcia card drive works is
  > it has a interface chip that deals with the ide and the interface chip
  > is able to reset the pcmcia card with out dissabling the ide buss
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: Daniel Baum
  > To: emax@yahoogroups. com
  > Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 7:34 PM
  > Subject: Re: [emax] Just joined the groups - hi all.
  >
  > Thanks everyone for replying to my mail.
  >
  > Since I last wrote I have tested the floppy and it does work - I was
  > able to
  > create a bootable OS disk.
  >
  > I have a big pile of diskettes left over from old computers but most
  > of them
  > are HD, and the Emax doesn't seem to like them even if you format them
  > as DD
  > in the emax. Is this right?
  >
  > My only real worry is the longevity of the hard disk, which I would
  > like to
  > back up as soon as possible. The cheapest option seems to be a Zip
  > drive,
  > which are available on eBay for next to nothing. I never had one of
  > these
  > even when they were new. Are they reliable?
  >
  > Another option would be to put together an external hard disk. I found
  > what
  > appears to be the right kind of enclosure, but very small 50-pin SCSI
  > disks
  > seem to be pretty thin on the ground, even on eBay. Does anyone have any
  > suggestions where I might find one?
  >
  > Thanks,
  >
  > D.
  >
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