Emax

Hi,
John is right EMX is a tricky program to get going, however even if you get
an OS diskette created properly there are a couple of things to bear in
mind.

The SE versions of the Emax OS require an EEPROM update, which was provided
on the diskette from E-mu. The EMX download version does not have this, so
the SE software will only work on an SE Emax. The update was because E-mu
Systems wanted to charge for the upgrade and copy protect it. They have
since "lost" the upgrade masters... The only way you can upgrade to SE is to
copy the EEPROM of a SE Emax.

The Plus and HD versions of the OS rely on additional PAL logic to drive the
SCSI addressing, therefore these OS versions are unlikely to work in an old
Emax. Whether these means a failure to boot or just the SCSI options don't
work we don't know. All 3 of our Emaxs are SE.

To check whether the EMX process is working, make an Emax OS 3.2 diskette
and see if your Emax boots up with it. If it does you know the EMX process
works. If it doesn't you know that the EMX process doesn't work yet, so make
sure you run EMX under a DOS boot, that you use brand new 720k DS/DD
diskettes that have previously been formatted on the Emax. We have EMX
working with 1.44MB floppy  drives.

Hope this helps !!

Rob
  -----Original Message-----
  From: John Silveria [mailto:emaxjs@...]
  Sent: 27 September 2001 06:33
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [emax] Re: Can not upgrade ( EMX problem??)Emax SCSI


  On 27 Sep 2001 at 0:13, rebirth606@... wrote:

  > Hello
  >
  >  I try to upgrade my Emax HD to SE or Plus but without any luck.
  >  EMX works fine for making sample disks,but OS transfer dosn't work.
  >  I'll try different computers with old 720k drive and 486 processors.
  >  Every time when I put a  new OS disk , Emax just hangs.
  >  Maybe Emax SE upgrade contain Eprom upgrade??? Any help??


  Nope, it's not Eprom. It's a very common problem with EMX. Your only real
chance at
  getting EMX to write the OS to disk is to use a system running DOS 6 or
earlier with a
  720k drive.


  John Silveria II
  AIM: EmaxJS
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