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There are probably multiple ways to solve this problem.
If you want to solve it in a "PC" way instead of a native "Mac" way, 
here's a hint:

I only use my Mac (Classic) for RS422 communication with the EII, so 
it doesn't have a CD-ROM either.
It does have however a 1.44 floppy drive and a SCSI ZIP drive 
attached to it.
If you have a 1.44 drive in the Mac, you can copy the EII banks from 
the CD to a Mac floppy on your PC, and then load the floppy disk in 
your Mac.
You can use MacDisk for Windows for that purpose. The trialversion is 
free for download on http://www.macdisk.com/mden.php3. This free 
version is limited in the supported filesizes (1MB), but fortunately 
the EII files are < 1MB so you can use it as a longterm solution :-)
By the way this software is also able to copy the files to ZIP disks.

Just one important note: if you use MacDisk, make sure the filetype 
properties are set correctly before using it with EII files. You 
should use the Options->Signature Editor in MacDisk, in order to make 
sure that
- Mac Files with filetype E2BK and creator XFER are translated to MS 
DOS extension .EII
- Windows files with extension .EII are translated to filetype E2BK 
and creator XFER.

Don't forget to save the signature file !


Hope this helps !

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--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Kenneth Abildgaard" 
<kenneth@...> wrote:
>
> Hi guys.
> 
>  
> 
> I am pretty new to all this (not to computers and samplers, but to 
an
> Emulator II+ running on a Macintosh Classic that is J) and I have a 
question
> (read: problem).
> 
>  
> 
> I got a CD-ROM containing some EII banks and I have two Mac 
computers for
> this purpose.
> 
>  
> 
> 1.
> 
> An old Macintosh Classic that I intend to use to transfer and edit 
sounds to
> and from my Emulator II+ - running MacOS 7.0.1. and Sound Designer 
for EII.
> It works like a charm. I have transferred a bank from EII to Mac.
> 
>  
> 
> 2.
> 
> An old PowerPC running 7.5.3 that I intend to use to copy banks 
from the
> CD-ROM drive to floppies as the Classic do NOT have a CD-ROM drive.
> 
>  
> 
> Issue:
> 
> My problem is that I can't get the CD-ROM containing the EII banks 
to show
> up when I put it in the CD-ROM drive.
> 
> A CD icon never shows up on my desktop, but inserting the CD-ROM 
into my PC
> or my third Mac (iMac running OSX) shows all the banks.
> 
>  
> 
> If I insert my MacOS 7.5.3 system CD-ROM it shows up on the desktop 
on my
> PPC, and will even boot from it - so it seems there's no problem 
with the
> CD-ROM drive.
> 
>  
> 
> So basically I have HUGE problems getting my EII banks from CD-ROM 
to floppy
> to Classic to Emulator II.
> 
>  
> 
> Any ideas would be WILDLY appreciated.
> 
>  
> 
> Kenneth Abildgaard
> 
> 12bit.com
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