Emax

It is great indeed to have SCSI and the card reader
work properly. The reader that I have is the Microtech
47B external. The only drawback is that it is noisy. I
would love to be able to use it internally somehow. 

I also have the same type internal card reader but
haven't decided if I really want to put it in the
Emax. The floppy space would be too high for this
reader. It would leave extra space. Not only that, I
think that I really want to reserve it for my ASR-10
rack. It fits in the ASR-10 floppy slot just perfect.
I just have to figure how to customize ribbon cable to
connect it to the SCSI board.


--- esynthesist <esynthesist@...> wrote:

> Wow man, this is great.
> Finally we can get rid of these unreliable
> zipdrives, those noisy 
> harddrives, and those slow floppy drives.
> 
> That makes me think: it's probably also possible to
> replace the 
> internal floppy drive by an internal scsi cardreader
> and connect it 
> to the internal SCSI connector. I know some Akai
> guys changed their 
> S1100 like this, but now it seems that we -Emax
> enthousiasts- can 
> also use this great solution !
> 
> ///E-Synthesist 
> 
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, Jip Harrio
> <harrioj@...> wrote:
> >
> >  Yes,
> >    It is connected directly to the Emax SCSI
> conector
> > and it read and write from and to a SD or CF card
> the
> > same as if it was a hard drive. The O.S. has been
> > copied to the card reader and I don't have to use
> the
> > floppy drive and disk for booting up.
> > 
> > 
> > --- Brian Ronn <brian_ronn@...> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Jip
> > >    
> > >   Is this the scsi card reader you have
> connected to
> > > an Emax and are you able to read and write
> sample
> > > banks to the card as it would on a harddrive?:
> > >    
> > >   http://www.psism.com/pcd40.htm
> > >    
> > >   Best regards
> > >    
> > >   Brian
> > > 
> > > Jip Harrio <harrioj@...> skrev:
> > >           Yipee Yahoo... I finally got it.
> Thanks to
> > > this forum because without it, I would not have
> had
> > > a clue. It took a lot of trial and error but I
> am
> > > glad I hung in there. 
> > > 
> > > I got the upgrade to O.S. Plus to finally work
> and I
> > > connected a Microtech external SCSI card reader
> and
> > > I saw the light. It formatted and copied the
> files
> > > in a flash. To test it, I re-booted without the
> > > floppy and whadda u know, it loaded everything
> up in
> > > a flash.
> > > 
> > > Man o man, Thanks to this forum. 
> > > 
> > > A special "Thanks" to E-synthesist, Elmacaco and
> > > Ted. Ted you really opened my eyes in confirming
> > > that the HD was there. E-man you alerted me that
> I
> > > was totally confused and help think about what
> the
> > > heck I was trying to do.
> > > 
> > > I feel like I just won a grammy.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Jip Harrio <harrioj@...> wrote:
> > > Ted this is good news. I have a zip drive so I
> am
> > > going to work now on uploading O.S. Plus and
> then
> > > try the zip to see if I can get it to work. I
> will
> > > post the result.
> > > 
> > > Reggie
> > > 
> > > ted Summers <djtbs1@...> wrote:
> > > Everyone in this thread---- if the blue
> connector
> > > you see is this one 
> > > (I put into my keyboard from a rack unit - see
> > > attached picture), it 
> > > IS a SCSI port. While db25 is commonly used as a
> > > serial, it is also 
> > > used as a SCSI-1 (5 MB/s) connector. I used this
> > > connector to hook 
> > > to my external zip drive. If you look closely at
> the
> > > logic board in 
> > > the emax you will see that the pins for this
> > > connector hook in line 
> > > with the wide scsi connector for the hard drive
> and
> > > from there go to 
> > > the 5380 SCSI controller.
> > > \ufffcHope this helps some people that thought they
> > > didn't have scsi but 
> > > actually do If you have this connector, you
> should
> > > be able to load 
> > > the plus os or HD os.... on my keyboard there
> was a
> > > plate where the 
> > > connector is now. So if you didn't have scsi
> they
> > > put a plate instead 
> > > of the connector.
> > > 
> > > Ted
> > > 
> > > On Dec 24, 2006, at 8:14 PM, Eduardo wrote:
> > > 
> > > > If it's a SE unit wouldn't it already be
> upgraded?
> > > just need SE os 
> > > > and you should have those functions.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Jip Harrio
> > > > To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 3:33 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [emax] Re: Emax SE disk? Can
> someone
> > > mail me one?
> > > >
> > > > Elmacaco,
> > > > You are right. There is no wide SCSI connector
> > > present. So this 
> > > > unit does not have SCSI interface. So I only
> need
> > > to upgrade from 
> > > > Emax 3.2 to SE. Unfortunately, I can't seem to
> get
> > > the SE upgrade 
> > > > file to work. I must be doing something wrong.
> > > > I have DOS 5.xx and have downloaded both EMAX
> and
> > > EMAXUTIL loaded 
> > > > them both on the DOS box. I have downloaded
> > > SEUP.EM1 and 
> > > > successfully wrote to a floppy format in the
> EMAX
> > > DOS program. I 
> > > > have done everything step by step, but when I
> boot
> > > the disk on the 
> > > > EMAX machine itself, nothing happens. I'm
> missing
> > > something.
> > > >
> > > > Reggie
> > > >
> > > > Eduardo <elmacaco@...> wrote:
> > > > the regular emax has a small blue connector
> that
> > > isn't scsi but 
> > > > some rs-232 connector or something, If you
> have a
> > > wide scsi 
> > > > connector on it then I'd love to see a pic.
> > > >
> > > > This list's files sectionn has everything you
> need
> > > to make a plus 
> > > > OS disk. Thanks to E synthesist!!!
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: harrioj
> > > > To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 6:33 AM
> > > > Subject: [emax] Re: Emax SE disk? Can someone
> mail
> > > me one?
> > > >
> > > > Peter,
> > > > Yes. I need a copy. I just scored an SE rack
> with
> > > the blue SCSI
> > > > connector on the back. I believe the Plus OS
> would
> > > be required at
> > > > some point before I could use the SCSI
> features.
> > > > I'm not sure if it has the most current SE
> update
> 
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