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Re: always Disk Error! EMAX Floppy seems to read everything elese , original dis

2007-02-13 by esynthesist

Nice to hear that you like it.

About Compact Flash: I've not tested it, but I tried to make the I/O 
logic of EMXP as generic as possible. So my guess is that it should 
work (both read & write). Maybe someone else on this board can 
confirm this ?

///E-Synthesist

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "dawid_marciniak" <dawid.marciniak@...> 
wrote:
>
> ///E-Synthesist
> 
> THANK YOU SOO MUCH.
> 
> When i saw the menu of EMXPi was going crazy, All these options, I
> created a report with wavs and i was asking myself how that is
> possible!! I had 12bit 28.xx khz files on my drive all of a sudden.
> Its AMAZING< the program is great i love the menu too
> 
> I was soo frustrated to find out that its not accepting the didks i
> wrote, I will swap the driver in the morning before work!!! hope 
that
> will make it work
> 
> 
> Have you used EMXP with SCSI card readers and Compact Flash ?? That
> would be bananas!! I am thinking of getting another EMAX I rack, and
> maybe a EMAX 2 !! Hyped up
> 
> Thanks for all your hard work !
> 
> 
> 
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@> wrote:
> >
> > Two possible causes:
> > 
> > 1/ Important calibration differences. This could either be caused 
by 
> > the drive in the Emax or by the drive in the PC. In your case 
most 
> > probably the one in your PC.
> > 
> > 2/ You should use the OmniFlop driver. The Emxp Emax driver is 
too 
> > simple to be 100% reliable really... it's just a kind of 
emergency 
> > driver if for some reason you really don't want to use OmniFlop.
> > The Emxp Emax driver uses exactly the same disk parameters as the 
old 
> > EMX does, but the OmniFlop driver uses other parameters which are 
more 
> > correct. In fact, there's even a small incompatibility between 
the 
> > FORMAT parameters used by EMXP (with both drivers) and the 
READ/WRITE 
> > parameters used specifically in the Emxp driver. So relying on 
that 
> > driver can cause problems as soon as there are small calibration 
> > problems with the drive.
> > I know, because I have had problems myself :-)
> > 
> > Maybe I will change the Emxp driver in the next version of EMXP, 
but 
> > most probably I will simply not include it anymore, and remove 
any 
> > reference to it from the manual.
> > 
> > Everyone should use OmniFlop !
> > Perhaps in the future I will also include support for even 
another 
> > (free) driver available out there. That driver might be helpful 
for 
> > those people who keep having problems with formatting disks in 
EMXP, 
> > because I think it allows a high degree of parametrisation. We'll 
see.
> > It's definitely not my first priority.
> > 
> > Anyway: my advice is to try the OmniFlop driver first. If that 
doesn't 
> > work, you should have a look to your PC floppy drive, since up to 
now 
> > no one seems to have had R/W problems with the OmniFlop driver.
> > 
> > By the way: can EMXP READ those "good" disks ?
> > 
> > ///E-Synthesist
> > 
> > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "dawid_marciniak" <dawid.marciniak@> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey GUYS
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I have noticed that When i load up Other floppies from All 
sorts of
> > > other sources my EMAX I reads them fine. I tried my old emax 
which i
> > > created years ago, Original Emax Sample disks, all work fine, 
Only
> > > when i try to write it from EMXP it gives me that error/./.
> > > 
> > > Could it be the floppydrive in my PC??? Its brand new Sony i 
picked up
> > > of amazon. Maybe try the Omni Driver? Maybe different floppy?
> > >
> >
>

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