Emax

on 9/21/00 9:52 PM, John Joseph Silveria II at emaxjs@... wrote:

>> The floppy drive in Emax is definitely not SCSI nor IDE. It was a pretty
>> standard drive in its time, using a standard Floppy Disk Controller chip
>> (I forget the manufacturer and part number). The real issue is whether it
>> is a Constant Linear Velocity drive as used in a Macintosh or Constant
>> Angular Velocity as used in PCs. I can't remember, but I'm pretty sure it
>> is CAV, in that case a PC drive should work. Of course you can just order
>> one from E-mu's Service Department and get one that is guaranteed to work
>> without having to know all the gory technical details...
> 
> I'm 95% sure it has to be CLV. Most of the parts used in the Emax
> were parts readily available for the Mac since it was the most mass
> produced computer at the time. I've been telling people to get a Mac
> classic compatible drives for 5 years now and no one has corrected
> me. Isn't the information in my FAQ?
> 

A CLV drive will generally work in a system that only requires a CAV drive.
CLV is essentially a super-set of CAV. That is why Macs could always read PC
disks, but PCs could not read Mac disks. I'm still not convinced that CLV is
a requirement. I'm pretty sure a CAV drive will work. I'll look into a bit
more to be sure so that the information can be considered definitive.

Scott