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Re: [emax] Re: Problems with IDE to CF adapter and Emax I

2014-07-25 by Ted Summers

Well, I have seen odd behavior where the connection at pin 18 on the SCSI connector on the bottom of the board has broken off (on a factory modified board, as a matter of fact).

things can happen, especially if you've been moving the unit about etc while doing this testing…

Regards,
Ted

On Jul 24, 2014, at 1:08 PM, xeelox@... [emax] wrote:


>> My suggestion- On the PC side get a multi-card reader that plugs into USB. They are cheap and easy to find.
Will do. I'm sure I can pick one up locally for $20 or less.

>> I can take a DOS formatted media, and put a Emax formatted image on and boot from it.... it really has been that simple....
I'm jealous and long for such simplicity. ;)


>> The only other suggestion would be to send me (if in the US) the logic, adapters, and CF stuff and I can check it out from a known good working perspective.
I am in the US and would be happy to send you the adapters and whatnot. I want to try a few more things myself before throwing my hands in the air, but I will admit I'm close to that point.


>> the next step I would take is to start looking at the SCSI modification. It is possible that one of the connections has been broken on the SCSI modification (assuming this isnt a PC333 board). - you could potentially also do this by reviewing the SCSI retrofit update instructions.
All 4 of my Emax were HD models from the start, so I've never needed to do a SCSI upgrade to any of them and never modded the cases to add external adapters. Still I will review the boards for rev #'s and re-read your blog page about scsi upgrades; it's been a while, and since I bought 3 of them secondhand, who knows what parts may have been replaced or something. ...though they have previously been working fine w/ internal hdds, but something is clearly going on.


Thanks again for your (and everyone else's) continued support! You really have given me valuable advice throughout this journey.

- Jim



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