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2009-10-19 by PaulD
Believe it or not, I still haven't used in 6 months the CF Drive....Nothing will format. I have a Kodak 128mb CF card, tons of SD Cards awith the CF Card adapter and nada...
2009-10-19 by Ted Summers
Paul- I have checked my invoices, you are not in my list of buyers. Where did you get the drive? What model is it? Many of these drives do not have a read/ write firmware only READ firmware. Which would prevent the format. That is what I had to do- get a read/write firmware for the drives I am selling. Regards, Ted On Oct 18, 2009, at 10:17 PM, PaulD wrote: Believe it or not, I still haven't used in 6 months the CF Drive....Nothing will format. I have a Kodak 128mb CF card, tons of SD Cards awith the CF Card adapter and nada... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2009-10-19 by norman.aguilera@...
Hmmmmm, I don't, I need one. Call me or send me your number please. 619-7080616 "One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors" Plato............ Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 19, 2009, at 6:36 AM, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote: > Paul- > > I have checked my invoices, you are not in my list of buyers. > Where did you get the drive? > What model is it? > > Many of these drives do not have a read/ write firmware only READ > firmware. Which would prevent the format. > > That is what I had to do- get a read/write firmware for the drives I > am selling. > > Regards, > Ted > > On Oct 18, 2009, at 10:17 PM, PaulD wrote: > > Believe it or not, I still haven't used in 6 months the CF > Drive....Nothing will format. I have a Kodak 128mb CF card, tons of SD > Cards awith the CF Card adapter and nada... > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Emax and Emax II User's Group Website > > http://www.silveriafamily.comYahoo! Groups Links > > >
2009-10-20 by PaulD
Hi Ted, At that time you didn't have drives, I bought it from a link you sent me, and I did buy the rest of the stuff from you...remember that I was missing a cable and had to delay to order it? LOL Well here is the info: Startech.com Compact Flash to IDE Adapter with 3.5" Bay Enclosure above the Barcode: 35BAYCF2IDE Under barcode: 6503082419 Hope this helps. Paul --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:
> > Paul- > > I have checked my invoices, you are not in my list of buyers. > Where did you get the drive? > What model is it? > > Many of these drives do not have a read/ write firmware only READ > firmware. Which would prevent the format. > > That is what I had to do- get a read/write firmware for the drives I > am selling. > > Regards, > Ted > > On Oct 18, 2009, at 10:17 PM, PaulD wrote: > > Believe it or not, I still haven't used in 6 months the CF > Drive....Nothing will format. I have a Kodak 128mb CF card, tons of SD > Cards awith the CF Card adapter and nada... > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
2009-10-20 by Ted Summers
If you also go by Polibio Diaz, then you have bought a Slim Floppy converter from me. But that is the only item. I suggested you could try a CF to IDE adapter in conjunction with a SCSI bridge. However I see that you are also talking about Emax 2, and I clearly have stated I don't have one of those to test with. I am unsure what cable you are talking about.... unless it is an IDE extension cable so that the SCSI to IDE bridge fits in a Emax 1 keyboard as otherwise it gets in the way of the keys. I know I sent you a picture of my extender. However, I never bought parts then made a cable to ship to you. I know you also talked about buying a Dell Drive and getting extra IDE cables for it, but no idea what that drive was and I don't think that drive would ever be able to work in Emax in any fashion. If the Startech CF drive were to work there are several things that must be done. 1) The drive set as Master 2) The SCSI to IDE bridge jumpers set at ID0 and term power jumper must be on. But if you also have a hard disk in the system, then you would not want it to be ID0, you would want another #, or you would have a scsi conflict. Additionally if there is a hard drive, it may also have term power on which could keep the setup from working. It would be better if you sent me some pictures of what is connected in the Emax, and the boards so I can verify what things look like. The Emax 2 should not be so different a configuration as to be unrecognizable, provided the pictures are of suitable quality. Also- I have reports of people using 1GB Flash in their PCD-50b drives in Emax 2 successfully. The flash should be Class 2, if it is class 4 or 6 (high speed), that is too fast for the Emax SCSI bus. Regards, Ted On Oct 19, 2009, at 6:14 PM, PaulD wrote: Hi Ted, At that time you didn't have drives, I bought it from a link you sent me, and I did buy the rest of the stuff from you...remember that I was missing a cable and had to delay to order it? LOL Well here is the info: Startech.com Compact Flash to IDE Adapter with 3.5" Bay Enclosure above the Barcode: 35BAYCF2IDE Under barcode: 6503082419 Hope this helps. Paul --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote: > > Paul- > > I have checked my invoices, you are not in my list of buyers. > Where did you get the drive? > What model is it? > > Many of these drives do not have a read/ write firmware only READ > firmware. Which would prevent the format. > > That is what I had to do- get a read/write firmware for the drives I > am selling. > > Regards, > Ted > > On Oct 18, 2009, at 10:17 PM, PaulD wrote: > > Believe it or not, I still haven't used in 6 months the CF > Drive....Nothing will format. I have a Kodak 128mb CF card, tons of SD > Cards awith the CF Card adapter and nada... > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2009-10-20 by PaulD
I'll open er up tommorow and take good pics, It was the scsi cable, but i wasn't complaining, no worries. I just have tons of patches which I need to run and store and work with. Paul --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:
> > If you also go by Polibio Diaz, then you have bought a Slim Floppy > converter from me. > But that is the only item. > > I suggested you could try a CF to IDE adapter in conjunction with a > SCSI bridge. > However I see that you are also talking about Emax 2, and I clearly > have stated I don't have one of those to test with. > > I am unsure what cable you are talking about.... unless it is an IDE > extension cable so that the SCSI to IDE bridge fits in a Emax 1 > keyboard as otherwise it gets in the way of the keys. I know I sent > you a picture of my extender. However, I never bought parts then made > a cable to ship to you. > > I know you also talked about buying a Dell Drive and getting extra IDE > cables for it, but no idea what that drive was and I don't think that > drive would ever be able to work in Emax in any fashion. > > If the Startech CF drive were to work there are several things that > must be done. > 1) The drive set as Master > 2) The SCSI to IDE bridge jumpers set at ID0 and term power jumper > must be on. > > But if you also have a hard disk in the system, then you would not > want it to be ID0, you would want another #, or you would have a scsi > conflict. > Additionally if there is a hard drive, it may also have term power on > which could keep the setup from working. > > It would be better if you sent me some pictures of what is connected > in the Emax, and the boards so I can verify what things look like. > > The Emax 2 should not be so different a configuration as to be > unrecognizable, provided the pictures are of suitable quality. > > Also- I have reports of people using 1GB Flash in their PCD-50b drives > in Emax 2 successfully. > > The flash should be Class 2, if it is class 4 or 6 (high speed), that > is too fast for the Emax SCSI bus. > > Regards, > Ted > > On Oct 19, 2009, at 6:14 PM, PaulD wrote: > > Hi Ted, > > At that time you didn't have drives, I bought it from a link you sent > me, and I did buy the rest of the stuff from you...remember that I was > missing a cable and had to delay to order it? LOL > > Well here is the info: > > Startech.com > Compact Flash to IDE Adapter with 3.5" Bay Enclosure > above the Barcode: 35BAYCF2IDE > Under barcode: 6503082419 > > Hope this helps. > > Paul > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Ted Summers <djtbs1@> wrote: > > > > Paul- > > > > I have checked my invoices, you are not in my list of buyers. > > Where did you get the drive? > > What model is it? > > > > Many of these drives do not have a read/ write firmware only READ > > firmware. Which would prevent the format. > > > > That is what I had to do- get a read/write firmware for the drives I > > am selling. > > > > Regards, > > Ted > > > > On Oct 18, 2009, at 10:17 PM, PaulD wrote: > > > > Believe it or not, I still haven't used in 6 months the CF > > Drive....Nothing will format. I have a Kodak 128mb CF card, tons of > SD > > Cards awith the CF Card adapter and nada... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
2009-10-20 by Everett
I am using one of Ted's flash drives in an EMAX II and it works great. I misread the posts on capacity and got a 32MB flash card, but that's good enough for what I do. If you change the SCSI boot ID to match the flash drive, you can boot from it. There must be a floppy drive connected, but it doesn't need to have an OS disk in it. You will need a PCMCIA adapter. This one will take around two weeks to arrive, but it's cheap: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250370843852&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:
> > If you also go by Polibio Diaz, then you have bought a Slim Floppy > converter from me. > But that is the only item. > > I suggested you could try a CF to IDE adapter in conjunction with a > SCSI bridge. > However I see that you are also talking about Emax 2, and I clearly > have stated I don't have one of those to test with. > > I am unsure what cable you are talking about.... unless it is an IDE > extension cable so that the SCSI to IDE bridge fits in a Emax 1 > keyboard as otherwise it gets in the way of the keys. I know I sent > you a picture of my extender. However, I never bought parts then made > a cable to ship to you. > > I know you also talked about buying a Dell Drive and getting extra IDE > cables for it, but no idea what that drive was and I don't think that > drive would ever be able to work in Emax in any fashion. > > If the Startech CF drive were to work there are several things that > must be done. > 1) The drive set as Master > 2) The SCSI to IDE bridge jumpers set at ID0 and term power jumper > must be on. > > But if you also have a hard disk in the system, then you would not > want it to be ID0, you would want another #, or you would have a scsi > conflict. > Additionally if there is a hard drive, it may also have term power on > which could keep the setup from working. > > It would be better if you sent me some pictures of what is connected > in the Emax, and the boards so I can verify what things look like. > > The Emax 2 should not be so different a configuration as to be > unrecognizable, provided the pictures are of suitable quality. > > Also- I have reports of people using 1GB Flash in their PCD-50b drives > in Emax 2 successfully. > > The flash should be Class 2, if it is class 4 or 6 (high speed), that > is too fast for the Emax SCSI bus. > > Regards, > Ted > > On Oct 19, 2009, at 6:14 PM, PaulD wrote: > > Hi Ted, > > At that time you didn't have drives, I bought it from a link you sent > me, and I did buy the rest of the stuff from you...remember that I was > missing a cable and had to delay to order it? LOL > > Well here is the info: > > Startech.com > Compact Flash to IDE Adapter with 3.5" Bay Enclosure > above the Barcode: 35BAYCF2IDE > Under barcode: 6503082419 > > Hope this helps. > > Paul > > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Ted Summers <djtbs1@> wrote: > > > > Paul- > > > > I have checked my invoices, you are not in my list of buyers. > > Where did you get the drive? > > What model is it? > > > > Many of these drives do not have a read/ write firmware only READ > > firmware. Which would prevent the format. > > > > That is what I had to do- get a read/write firmware for the drives I > > am selling. > > > > Regards, > > Ted > > > > On Oct 18, 2009, at 10:17 PM, PaulD wrote: > > > > Believe it or not, I still haven't used in 6 months the CF > > Drive....Nothing will format. I have a Kodak 128mb CF card, tons of > SD > > Cards awith the CF Card adapter and nada... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >