Emax

I would be interested to know if anyone has sucessfully installed an 
internal ZIP drive that they can boot from.  I have just got hold of an 
Iomega ZIP 100 (model Z100Si) drive which has fitted nicely into the 
drive bay.  I don't have a 50-pin scsi cable yet so I haven't tested it 
yet but it powers up fine.  One thing I am a bit worried by is the fact 
that the jumper setting diagram on top of the drive doesn't have a 
diagram for ID '0' only IDs 1 through to 6.  

In my last post on this board I was told that the Emax will only look 
at SCSI ID 0 to boot up.  My only hope is if I take all of the jumper 
blocks off the SCSI ID pins then this will be SCSI 0?

Any ideas on that?  What internal ZIP drives are other people using??

Thanks.

If you take off all the jumpers in the back then you'll be using it as ID=0. 
  Also, if you're talking about the rack version of the emax, you'll need to 
make the sides of the drive bay wider somehow because the zip disk doesn't 
fit (only by a small bit). I dont' know if that would be necessary for teh 
keyboard version.  I used a filing iron and it worked beautifuly.

I would also recommend finding a separate power supply for the zip drive 
(like a wall wart with 5V. and more than 1 amp) which you can fit inside 
becasue I've read that the internal zip disk will eventually burn out the 
power supply.

Lastly, if you're not planning to use the floppy drive anymore, you'll need 
to trick the emax into thinking that the floppy disk drive is still 
connected by applying a jumper on one of the pins from the floppy controller 
on the board... I posted which pin it is some time ago but I dont' remember. 
  You should be able to find it here on the forums.

Hope this helps

>From: "Alastair Gibbs" <alastair.gibbs@...>
>Reply-To: emax@yahoogroups.com
>To: emax@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [emax] Internal SCSI zip drive in Emax 1
>Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:29:07 -0000
>
>I would be interested to know if anyone has sucessfully installed an
>internal ZIP drive that they can boot from.  I have just got hold of an
>Iomega ZIP 100 (model Z100Si) drive which has fitted nicely into the
>drive bay.  I don't have a 50-pin scsi cable yet so I haven't tested it
>yet but it powers up fine.  One thing I am a bit worried by is the fact
>that the jumper setting diagram on top of the drive doesn't have a
>diagram for ID '0' only IDs 1 through to 6.
>
>In my last post on this board I was told that the Emax will only look
>at SCSI ID 0 to boot up.  My only hope is if I take all of the jumper
>blocks off the SCSI ID pins then this will be SCSI 0?
>
>Any ideas on that?  What internal ZIP drives are other people using??
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>

Thanks for the reply Marco.  Man this is a lot of work!  If all the 
jumpers off the back of the drive is SCSI '0' then I should be in 
business.  I hadn't noticed that a zip disk wouldn't fit into the 
drive - $h1t.  Although I only need about 2 or 3mm filed off I'm 
loath to do that just yet.  I'm gonna leave a zip disk in there until 
it's full up, perhaps then I'll get hold of a file!!

I'm not sure what your reasoning or evidence is for a seperate power 
supply for the zip drive.  Half the reason I'm doing this is to 
negate the need for two power supplies to run the sampler and 
external zip.  Surely if the power supply can support the amperage 
required by both a HD and a floppy drive then it should be able to 
support a zip drive on its own (as I'm doing)?  Emulator archive 
suggest that a zip drive requires only 0.3A more than a floppy.

Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.




--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "Marco Barcena" <digitailslide@...> 
wrote:
>
> If you take off all the jumpers in the back then you'll be using it 
as ID=0. 
>   Also, if you're talking about the rack version of the emax, 
you'll need to 
> make the sides of the drive bay wider somehow because the zip disk 
doesn't 
> fit (only by a small bit). I dont' know if that would be necessary 
for teh 
> keyboard version.  I used a filing iron and it worked beautifuly.
> 
> I would also recommend finding a separate power supply for the zip 
drive 
> (like a wall wart with 5V. and more than 1 amp) which you can fit 
inside 
> becasue I've read that the internal zip disk will eventually burn 
out the 
> power supply.
> 
> Lastly, if you're not planning to use the floppy drive anymore, 
you'll need 
> to trick the emax into thinking that the floppy disk drive is still 
> connected by applying a jumper on one of the pins from the floppy 
controller 
> on the board... I posted which pin it is some time ago but I dont' 
remember. 
>   You should be able to find it here on the forums.
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Alastair Gibbs" <alastair.gibbs@...>
> >Reply-To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> >To: emax@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [emax] Internal SCSI zip drive in Emax 1
> >Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:29:07 -0000
> >
> >I would be interested to know if anyone has sucessfully installed 
an
> >internal ZIP drive that they can boot from.  I have just got hold 
of an
> >Iomega ZIP 100 (model Z100Si) drive which has fitted nicely into 
the
> >drive bay.  I don't have a 50-pin scsi cable yet so I haven't 
tested it
> >yet but it powers up fine.  One thing I am a bit worried by is the 
fact
> >that the jumper setting diagram on top of the drive doesn't have a
> >diagram for ID '0' only IDs 1 through to 6.
> >
> >In my last post on this board I was told that the Emax will only 
look
> >at SCSI ID 0 to boot up.  My only hope is if I take all of the 
jumper
> >blocks off the SCSI ID pins then this will be SCSI 0?
> >
> >Any ideas on that?  What internal ZIP drives are other people 
using??

> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
>