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Re: Emax floppy drives

2010-02-15 by jamesulibarri

I will take 6 months to get the drive from you Rich.  Forget it.  Me and plenty of others have been down that road a few.  Pass!!



--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Rish" <rish@...> wrote:
>
> We do sell a replacement for the Ell and it does work 100% with all dual drive Ell units, It however does not work in the upper bay as a one drive setup nor does it work with any HD models. If your friend is still having problems with his Ell and his setup is indeed a dual drive model we would not stop offering support, that's just not anything we would do for any reason.
> 
> Rich at Route 66
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: s* 
>   To: Emax List 
>   Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 2:57 PM
>   Subject: [emax] Emax floppy drives
> 
> 
>   I have been scouring the Internet today looking for lists of compatible emax
>   drives. I am hoping to head to an electronics surplus store here in Toronto
>   after work. I see that these models are compatible:
> 
>   Mitsubishi Full Height 3.5" MF353B - 12 UJ or MF353BA - 12U
>   And some early NEC's
>   The drive that is currently in my Emax II was originally pulled from a
>   friend's EIII Keyboard (He killed my floppy a long time ago) and it is a
>   Sony.
> 
>   Does the TEAC FD235HF-A529 work in the Emax II as well?
> 
>   I read that a floppy drive from a Mac Classic might work so, I tried taking
>   apart a friend's dead Mac SE to use it's floppy drive, only to find that
>   it's not the same type of ribbon cable.
> 
>   I would try route66 but, my friend ordered a drive for his Emulator II from
>   there and has never been able to get it to work and they stopped offering
>   him support apparently so, I want to avoid any hassle like that if
>   possible.
> 
>   Any suggestions on what floppies will work is greatly appreciated.
> 
>   Thanks,
> 
>   -s*
> 
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