Emax

Can you confirm for us the part #'s you used?

Regards,
Ted

On Oct 26, 2007, at 7:55 PM, Dave Sotnick wrote:

> It works!!!
>
> I was really skeptical at first because the SCSI-IDE bridge arrived  
> before
> the Flash Reader, so I tried experimenting with IDE drives (> 1GB)  
> and kept
> getting "HD Error" from the Emax. I also had an old SanDisk 40MB  
> IDE Flash
> Drive (3.5" form factor), and this also would fail to format or be
> recognized.
>
> However... the "Desktop ATA Flash Reader/Drive with IDE interface"  
> arrived
> today and after all my tests thus far, it seems to be working fine  
> with the
> SCSI-IDE adapter and the Emax. I have a SanDisk PCMCIA-CF adapter  
> with a
> 48MB SanDisk CF card in it.
>
> I was able to hook my SCSI internal ZIP drive up along with the  
> SCSI-IDE-CF
> "rig" and perform a "Copy HD" operation from the ZIP to the CF  
> card. Changed
> the ID of the SCSI-IDE bridge to 0, rebooted the Emax, and up it  
> came with a
> full 35 banks at my disposal. And it's soooo quiet!
>
> Total cost: $73.43.
>
> -Dave
>
> P.S. As a bonus, I found that both the SCSI-IDE bridge and the CF  
> reader
> don't use the 12v leg of their power supplies (these are typically  
> used to
> power drive motors), so I was able to rig up a cable to pull 5v  
> from the
> floppy power connector (yellow/green) on the Emax main board to  
> power the
> reader/bridge.
>
> On 10/17/07, ted Summers < djtbs1@...> wrote:
> >
> > Dave-
> >
> > I was going to do this last week, but have other home construction
> > things going on, so it is taking a back seat. But I anxiously await
> > your findings.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ted
> >
> >
> > On Oct 17, 2007, at 12:35 PM, Dave Sotnick wrote:
> >
> > > The SCSI-IDE bridge I ordered (ACARD AEC7720U) includes a  
> jumper which
> > > provides SCSI bus termination.
> > >
> > > I just hope the SCSI-IDE bridge recognizes the CF-IDE converter!
> > >
> > > On 10/17/07, s* <scart@... <scart%40sympatico.ca>> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Dave,
> > > >
> > > > That sounds great. I wonder if you will run into any SCSI
> > > termination
> > > > issues? From what I understand the SCSI needs to be  
> terminated at
> > > the end
> > > > of the chain/disk drive (or solid state media r/w in this case).
> > > Hopefully
> > > > this will still be possible with an IDE device.
> > > >
> > > > -s*
> > > >
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