Emax

Mmm... I don't think I can help you further here.
Probably a calibration problem.
You can try another PC of course (from a friend or so) in order to 
detect whether it is the PC drive or the Emax drive.

FYI: as soon as EMXP starts reading/writing a floppy, this means the 
driver has been installed correctly. If not EMXP would generate an 
error. So you can assume that the driver is installed correctly.

I hope you'll find the problem...

///E-Synthesist


--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "dawid_marciniak" <dawid.marciniak@...> 
wrote:
>
> \Yes lovin it, Im actually tring to get this to work now, 
> 
> No Luck Again!??>:(
> 
> Now with the omnifloppy driver installed, yes it says james watson 
in
> driver info. Also done the additional registration as suggested by 
manual/
> 
> Tried 3 different types of DD floppies to make sure its not the 
floppy
> that i am using.
> 
> Formatted the disk using EMXP, Copied OS and tried to boot from 
disk.
> With all 3 it resulted in Timeout Error! - Disk Error!
> 
> 
> Any ideas? My floppy drive is a Teac from Studio66 (recent buy) and
> the PC floppy is a sony from amazon, standard drive
> 
> 
> I can read all kinds of floppys on the emax, even created on older
> devices with original mitsubishi disk drive...
> 
> 
> 
> Really keen on Compact Flash, this is upsetting! nice program but 
cant
> make use of it at all
> 
> 
> Thx for help
> 
> --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@> wrote:
> >
> > 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?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>