Emax

Has anybody tried this with the Emax?

Product Name : CF Raizin Monster HOT SWAP corresponding CF-SCSI conversion adapter
Price : 12,900 yen (converts to $127US)

Description

It is the adapter card by replacing MO, etc. ZIP drive so that it can be used as a SCSI device CF memory card.
• Removable function (HOT SWAP) possible *
• 3.5 inches FDD drive bay size
• Type I / II support
• SCSI I / II / III support
• Mac, Win, Linux bootable

On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 5:47 AM, JAMIE logan jammie.emma@... [emax] <emax@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

as for the dss1 upgrade yes it is great

but we had the os code for that so that it was possible to add the usb and extra bank switching for the memory

and making wave file support any thing is possible when you have the code and fpga for interfacing and the floppy drive can still be used

and its going to happen also to the dsm1 the rack version but tom does not have the os code for that so he has to disassemble it which is taking a very long time + his day job keeps him very busy im his registered installer in uk and i have gone through all the revisions of the boards

which started as 2mb with just scsi

then the full digiboard with scsi and usb

and the third revision board was scraped because of problems and version 4 which is a small addon board that is used with the original digiboard because it was a lot cheaper to manufacture tom used to hand solder each one he now has them done in china

On 14 August 2014 13:40, JAMIE logan <jammie.emma@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

its because his design based on the 7720uw from acard he uses the same chips and the same bios and i know he gets disk errors

as i just cant get the 7720uw to work with the emax 1 i dont know what acard did or if its anything todo with the 68pin interface

but i just cant get it to work with the emax1 but it works great with the emax2 with the same devices tested

and the 7720u which is the scsi1/2 with the 50pin scsi connection works with the emax1 and the same devices and even though the bios is the same for both cards the 7720uw just wont work all you get is disk error trying to load banks

the version i am working on is bios based and the firmware can be updated it also scans the scsi pins and does a diagnostic which you can have a look at to see what signals the scsi is getting this allows to write new firmware so that it can work with any device

its almost ready and i will be sending ted one for testing

and it will include the slim floppy inside the casing and the adapter so all you will have to do is fit it just like a floppy drive and fit 3 cables the scsi the floppy and power

On 14 August 2014 03:57, 'bmacdoug1 .' jasonmcdougal@... [emax] <emax@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

OK thanks for the heads up.
I wish i knew how to program low level machine code and make a scsi/usb interface that had firmware allowing it to work with multiple applications/devices........Just installed the Korg DSS1(Straylight Engineering) scsi/usb interface/memory upgrade and it works awesome. No more unreliable floppy drive or slow floppy emulator. Another underrated synthesizer/sampler with some beautiful sounding analog filters

On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 7:27 PM, xeelox@... [emax] <emax@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I've spoken with the manufacturer of the AztecMonster and he confirmed it does NOT work with Emax I. He says it will only work w/ Emax II & III.

Unless the firmware is the problem AND it can be hacked, save your money.

- Jim