Emax

Jack, I'm working on this now and am going to put the PCD 50B in a computer this afternoon to check the firmware.

Quick question: Is there a special tool or process you recommend for removing an internal 50-pin SCSI cable from a device? I'm having a lot of difficulty with this because the cable is very snug in the socket, and don't want to force it.


--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "jack" <jammie.emma@...> wrote:
>
> right get it next time from the amiga4000 site as they are cheaper and have the correct firmware
> 
> psism stoped selling them for a while but must of got a new batch 
> 
> if you have scsi on a comp you will be able to flash to the os for it to work 
> 
> it sounds like its a read only drive
> 
> you need an internal pc scsi ribbon usually with 4-7 internal connections and i stick the term on the last connector
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: ditabeardmemo 
>   To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 6:15 PM
>   Subject: [emax] Re: Emax/PCD 50B Installation Problems
> 
> 
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>   How do I install an internal terminator on the cable? I re-used the original 50 pin SCSI cable from the Emax's internal hard drive.
> 
>   I don't know what firmware version is on the PCD 50B, but I hope to install it in a PC this week to find out. I purchased the drive new directly from the psism.com Web site about a month and a half ago.
> 
>   --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "jack" <jammie.emma@> wrote:
>   >
>   > scratch that i was looking at the wrong set of pictures that is a pcd-50b
>   > 
>   > try a internal terminator on the 50pin scsi idc cable to see if the pcd-50 term is working
>   > 
>   > do you know if the firmware has been st to the 1 that ted has as that is the correct read and write os
>   > 
>   > you might only have a read only drive where did you get it from
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > ----- Original Message ----- 
>   > From: jack 
>   > To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
>   > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 5:44 PM
>   > Subject: Re: [emax] Re: Emax/PCD 50B Installation Problems
>   > 
>   > 
>   > 
>   > thats your mistake that drive ted uses is not the pcd -50b
>   > 
>   > it a totally different drive its a spyrus 300 with 2 pcmcia card slots and can run on 2 scsi ids
>   > 
>   > as it does this with term switching ic instead of the luns like on the pcd-50b
>   > 
>   > ----- Original Message ----- 
>   > From: ditabeardmemo 
>   > To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
>   > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 4:51 PM
>   > Subject: [emax] Re: Emax/PCD 50B Installation Problems
>   > 
>   > I thought the same thing at first, but I have the termination jumper set exactly like this photo from Ted's Web site:
>   > 
>   > http://tinyurl.com/7yzht4k
>   > 
>   > SCSI ID 0, termination on, write protect off.
>   > 
>   > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "jack" <jammie.emma@> wrote:
>   > >
>   > > thats usually a termination problem 
>   > > ----- Original Message ----- 
>   > > From: ditabeardmemo 
>   > > To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
>   > > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 2:03 AM
>   > > Subject: [emax] Emax/PCD 50B Installation Problems
>   > > 
>   > > 
>   > > 
>   > > I recently picked up an Emax SE HD keyboard with the intention of installing a slim floppy and PCD 50B, as the original internal Miniscribe hard drive was dead. I installed the PCD 50B, but I can't get it to correctly format a Compact Flash card. Every time it produces an "HD Format Error" or freezes on "Formatting HD..." indefinitely. In one case, the unit froze while it was saving a bank to the formatted disk.
>   > > 
>   > > Here is what I've checked thus far:
>   > > 
>   > > 1. The machine boots normally from a floppy disk with the PCD 50B installed, and all functions appear to work.
>   > > 
>   > > 2. When formatting, I tried a floppy disk with the Plus OS 4.0 (from E-Synthesist's Web site) and an original HD OS 1.1 that came with the unit.
>   > > 
>   > > 3. I tried to format a SanDisk 512 MB card (connected via a PCMCIA adapter) and a SanDisk D2 Flashdisk 20 MB card, but neither worked.
>   > > 
>   > > 4. I confirmed that the SCSI cable has data line 1 (red stripe) lined up with pin 1 on the PCD 50B.
>   > > 
>   > > 5. The only jumper on the PCD 50B is for termination. I have all other jumpers removed. This means the device is set to SCSI ID 0 and "Write Protect" is off.
>   > > 
>   > > I'm out of ideas for what to try next. Any thoughts?
>   > > 
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