John, I have an emax se rackmount.
I don't have a disk for it anymore, but it works like new.
I either need a disk or since money is tight, I could sell it.
Shoji
>From: "John Silveria" <emaxjs@...>
>Reply-To: emax@yahoogroups.com
>To: emax@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [emax] Advice on emax...
>Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 13:30:30 -0500
>
>I saw that listing too, is there a chance they are not using the right boot
>disk?? They
>need to be using an actual Emax formatted DS/DD floppy with the right OS on
>it or it
>won't boot. The Emax OS is not stored internally, it's stored on every
>piece of formatted
>media.
>
>Remember you are buying a vintage sampler with absolutely no company
>support
>behind it and virtually no replacement parts, if something does go wrong
>it's not going to
>be easy or cheap to fix and the only real place for support is this list
>and the Emulator
>Archive http://www.emulatorarchive.com
>
>Replacement parts for the Emax are getting harder and harder to find and
>more and
>more expensive. The reality is at this age if you plan using your Emax
>regularly you can
>assume you will have to do the following repairs:
>
> replace the LCD/Backlight around ($40) http://www.backlights.co.uk
> replace the floppy drive ($75) http://www.route66studios.com
>
>There is also a chance your power supply could go out and I don't believe
>there are
>replacements for those. Finding the required DS/DD 720k floppies you'll
>need to store
>banks is getting harder, currently the only place I know is Route 66
>studios who sells
>them in packs of 50 for $17. You should not ever use HD 1.44 floppies with
>an Emax.
>
>I too am looking for an Emax, but I need an Emax SE HD Rack (with or
>without working
>hard drive). I'm going to do the external SCSI mod. I'm getting nervous my
>large library
>of banks on floppies are going to start going bad and even though I have
>them backed
>up via the Emax II I'd like to start making them available to other users
>again.
>
>On 11 Feb 2004 at 9:53, designlord designlord spoke unto me:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm looking to pic up an emax and I have found one on
> > ebay that on boot say insert disk though there is a
> > disk already in it. I'm hoping that this is just a
> > floppy drive issue. Anyone have any experience with
> > this. Also what about places to get parts, keys,
> > buttons, lcd.
> >
> > Also anyone know were I can get a good condition emax
> > that would be great too. I don't want an emax II btw,
> > not yet! :)
> >
> > Thanks
> > Patrick
> >
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