Emax

Hi there.  1st post, forgive the newb ? probably covered many times, but I checked the files section and couldn't find a step-by-step instructions for making a diskette and searching the archives for "making emax diskettes" didn't return anything.

I have an original Emax 1 on the bench here.  It came with only one floppy diskette (piano).  I can get it to boot off that one and play, seems everything works OK.

I did some searching and downloaded EMX and a couple of soundbanks off one of the web sites. I located a Win95 PC, booted into DOS and made a diskette with EMX.

When I boot off this new disk, I get a tone sweep that starts low and goes to 10K in about 15 seconds or so.  When I boot off the supplied disk, then load the bank off the new disk, it plays OK, but sometimes crashes after a while.

When I put a new diskette in the Emax floppy drive and try to format from the system menu, I get an error.

If I can't format a disk (5-6 of the same batch) in the Emax drive, it seems to suggest the disks are bad, but they work fine in Windows/DOS.  That makes me think it's the Emax floppy drive, but it works with the supplied disk.

Any insight/hot tips appreciated,
Carl

Your disks are DSDD (700k)  not HD (1.44MB), right?


On Feb 17, 2013, at 7:54 PM, carlmal2 wrote:

Hi there. 1st post, forgive the newb ? probably covered many times, but I checked the files section and couldn't find a step-by-step instructions for making a diskette and searching the archives for "making emax diskettes" didn't return anything.

I have an original Emax 1 on the bench here. It came with only one floppy diskette (piano). I can get it to boot off that one and play, seems everything works OK.

I did some searching and downloaded EMX and a couple of soundbanks off one of the web sites. I located a Win95 PC, booted into DOS and made a diskette with EMX.

When I boot off this new disk, I get a tone sweep that starts low and goes to 10K in about 15 seconds or so. When I boot off the supplied disk, then load the bank off the new disk, it plays OK, but sometimes crashes after a while.

When I put a new diskette in the Emax floppy drive and try to format from the system menu, I get an error.

If I can't format a disk (5-6 of the same batch) in the Emax drive, it seems to suggest the disks are bad, but they work fine in Windows/DOS. That makes me think it's the Emax floppy drive, but it works with the supplied disk.

Any insight/hot tips appreciated,
Carl





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down load emxp then download the required os image this needs to go into the required os images folder insinde emxp

then start emxp press 1 manage emax1/2 bank images

format floppy disk 

once formated put os image onto floppy disk 

this will give you a sellection of os's in the os images folder 

click on the correct image and it will write it to disk

once done take out put it into emax and your done

its all in the emxp pdf user manual  

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: carlmal2 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 3:54 AM
  Subject: [emax] Emax 1 - Making Diskettes


    
  Hi there. 1st post, forgive the newb ? probably covered many times, but I checked the files section and couldn't find a step-by-step instructions for making a diskette and searching the archives for "making emax diskettes" didn't return anything.

  I have an original Emax 1 on the bench here. It came with only one floppy diskette (piano). I can get it to boot off that one and play, seems everything works OK.

  I did some searching and downloaded EMX and a couple of soundbanks off one of the web sites. I located a Win95 PC, booted into DOS and made a diskette with EMX.

  When I boot off this new disk, I get a tone sweep that starts low and goes to 10K in about 15 seconds or so. When I boot off the supplied disk, then load the bank off the new disk, it plays OK, but sometimes crashes after a while.

  When I put a new diskette in the Emax floppy drive and try to format from the system menu, I get an error.

  If I can't format a disk (5-6 of the same batch) in the Emax drive, it seems to suggest the disks are bad, but they work fine in Windows/DOS. That makes me think it's the Emax floppy drive, but it works with the supplied disk.

  Any insight/hot tips appreciated,
  Carl



  
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