for example why do they have a cased version of it but no add on attachment sold separately to allow you to interface with several machines that use floppy drives?
All it would take is a floppy cable extension where your original cable will plug into then some form of connecter in a 3 1/2 " case that can screw into where the floppy drive is already.
then a cable from the front of the machines face to a port on the floppy emulator, should not cost even 10 quid and it would allow users to use 1 floppy emulator with several machines.
but i think they stand to gain alot more selling multiple units instead of being consumer friendly, which frankly is a shame.
---In emax@yahoogroups.com, <windrumscoggin@...> wrote:
I agree with Jammie
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If you want to keep it it's worth the maintenance costs
Just like a classic casts 'intangible value' far exceeds its actual blue book value the sound oft Emax is like nothing else in the world .
It's sound is unique and DM used it to define theirs. No we may not all get rich like they did off our EMU's but they were a shining example if this machines potential and the beauty and professionalism of its sound
It's like trying to put a price on keeping a 63 Jaguar or Porsce running...if you LOVE its intangible value enough no price can be put on it-to you its 'priceless' and to mey Emax is priceless so to keep it running 200 -250 bucks in upgrade costs on an originally 5000 machine is chump change
On Tuesday, October 29, 2013, jammie wrote:
its cheaper than replacing with a new floppy drive which are almost just as expensiveand tyes 20 of them is as expensive as a second hand car but matenance alone on a car is just as expensive as buying the damn thingand insurance nealerly as dear as the car costs now daysand it all depends on how much you like your gear and how long yopur planning on using itthats why if i have scsi on my machines i use cf hotswap card drivesand why i always fit a slimfloppy cf card combo drive system to emaxes as it brings them to the 21st century and gives many more years use----- Original Message -----From: sweetsynthchuck@...Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:54 PMSubject: RE: Re: [emax] What about an IPCAS USB to replace the floppy drives in our units?
i would not call 100 quid cheap, for a solution to only 1 unit,
you have 20+ samplers replacing all 20 with a hxc will cost you the same price as a second hand car.
---In emax@yahoogroups.com, <emax@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
it depends on which breaks down first the emax or the pcdthe slim floppy are ok cheap and floppy disks are still being madebut if you want a good working known floppy emulator then the hxc is the cheapest to get thats garanteed to work----- Original Message -----From: WindrumscogginSent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:38 PMSubject: Re: [emax] What about an IPCAS USB to replace the floppy drives in our units?Silly Now that I have a PCD yes..but it's not guaranteed to work forever and there may come a day when we all need to replace it with something that does work for the long haul so better to experiment now and be prepared for the inevitable (PCD's NLA)
they are the china made floppy emulators they buy them from china at £10 a pop then charge £200+ for themand they dont work with the emaxes so dont bother and why would you want a floppy emulator when you have scsi it just seems silly----- Original Message -----From: windrumscoggin@...Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 5:08 PMSubject: [emax] What about an IPCAS USB to replace the floppy drives in our units?Has anyone tried to use one of these to replace their floppy drive?
http://www.ipcas.com/products/usb-floppy-emulator-fdd-to-udd.html
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