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EMAX I replacement floppy drive

2013-10-13 by gilwe@...

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Re: [emax] EMAX I replacement floppy drive

2013-10-14 by Ted Summers

route 66 studios has original replacement available.

A regular PC drive does not "just work"


-Ted

On Oct 13, 2013, at 1:15 PM, <gilwe@...> wrote:

Hi all !



I have a Emax-I of which the floppy drive is defecter (Disk Error/Bad CRC messages).

What type of drive does it need and where can I get it ? Do anyone manufacture new ones which can fit in it ? Can I use a standard 1.44 PC drive instead ?

Thanks very much !



RE: EMAX I replacement floppy drive

2013-10-15 by sweetsynthchuck@...

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Re: [emax] RE: EMAX I replacement floppy drive

2013-10-15 by jammie

i have about 8 emax1 floppy drives from converted emaxes
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: sweetsynthchuck@... 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 1:26 PM
  Subject: [emax] RE: EMAX I replacement floppy drive


    
  if your in the EU UK , I found this on gumtree http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/emu-emax-1-functioning-original-floppy-drive-e-mu/1035091521









  ---In emax@yahoogroups.com, <djtbs1@...> wrote:


  route 66 studios has original replacement available.


  A regular PC drive does not "just work"




  -Ted


    On Oct 13, 2013, at 1:15 PM, <gilwe@...> wrote:


      
    Hi all !





    I have a Emax-I of which the floppy drive is defecter (Disk Error/Bad CRC messages).


    What type of drive does it need and where can I get it ? Do anyone manufacture new ones which can fit in it ? Can I use a standard 1.44 PC drive instead ?


    Thanks very much !







  
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RE: EMAX I replacement floppy drive

2013-10-16 by gilwe@...

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RE: EMAX I replacement floppy drive

2014-01-10 by niklas.ehrlin@...

Hi Jammie


Do you still have working floppy drives for the Emax 1? I have an Emax HD rack with a faulty HD for sure, ande probably a faulty diskdrive, which i would like to replace)

contact me at niklas.ehrlin(at)gmail.com


Thanks

Niklas

Re: [emax] RE: EMAX I replacement floppy drive

2014-01-10 by jammie

i have nos slim floppy drives

and old emax drives that work but for how long i dont know

i have no slim floppy adapters at the moment but can order them

if you can get a pcd-60b which i recomend

then you could have a dual system which is the best

and 35 banks per 32mb cf card 
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: niklas.ehrlin@... 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 9:52 AM
  Subject: [emax] RE: EMAX I replacement floppy drive


    

  Hi Jammie




  Do you still have working floppy drives for the Emax 1? I have an Emax HD rack with a faulty HD for sure, ande probably a faulty diskdrive, which i would like to replace)

  contact me at niklas.ehrlin(at)gmail.com




  Thanks

  Niklas


  
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RE: EMAX I replacement floppy drive

2014-01-10 by niklas.ehrlin@...

Hi


Yes, I have thought of the dual system option. But the EMAX that I have, I saved just as it was going to the dumpster at our local recycling station, so I dont know the full health of the machine. I know that the internal HD is dead, and probably some problem with the floppy (disk not formatted, even with EMPX formatted DD, bought EMAX bank floppys and floppys formatted in an EMAX). But other than that it looks clean and the PSU is ok and it start up to the point of "loading software..".

So now I'm looking for the cheapest way possible to see if I can get it going, and if so, then upgrad to dual system.

So a working EMAX floppy drive (even if just for a couple of days) would help me.


What prices are you thinking for old, working EMAX drives?

Re: [emax] RE: EMAX I replacement floppy drive

2014-01-10 by jammie

just pay for postage you can have it
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: niklas.ehrlin@... 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 10:12 AM
  Subject: [emax] RE: EMAX I replacement floppy drive


    

  Hi




  Yes, I have thought of the dual system option. But the EMAX that I have, I saved just as it was going to the dumpster at our local recycling station, so I dont know the full health of the machine. I know that the internal HD is dead, and probably some problem with the floppy (disk not formatted, even with EMPX formatted DD, bought EMAX bank floppys and floppys formatted in an EMAX). But other than that it looks clean and the PSU is ok and it start up to the point of "loading software..".

  So now I'm looking for the cheapest way possible to see if I can get it going, and if so, then upgrad to dual system.

  So a working EMAX floppy drive (even if just for a couple of days) would help me.




  What prices are you thinking for old, working EMAX drives?


  
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