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Re: OT: How to use an Apple CDROM drive with a Mac Classic

2008-10-12 by esynthesist

I'm still in the process of optimizing the communication link between 
the PC and the EII; the test programs I have are 100% reliable but 
too slow at this moment.

Anyway: if I succeed in making all of this acceptable - which I'm NOT 
sure about - it will certainly also run under Windows XP. It should 
also work on a Mac running Windows via Bootcamp because the USB 
drivers for external RS422 ports should work as soon as the Mac's USB 
ports are recognized by Windows.

In the first phase I will not create software for editing sounds on 
the EII - so EMXP will be limited to uploading and unloading banks. 
I will however (as a second project) also reverse engineer the whole 
editing stuff and investigate whether a kind of VST plugin for the 
Emulator is possible (ok, maybe I'm dreaming now... this would not be 
part of EMXP but become a separate piece of software).  

///E-Synthesist

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "J N." <jaedooemax@...> wrote:
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> Hey e-synthesist
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>  can U only transfer using Vista or will it work w/XP as well??? 
also are U only transfering files or able to edit(and or run SD on ur 
P.C.to edit)files as well???
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> --- On Mon, 10/6/08, Cristea Eusebiu <pcoxe2002@...> wrote:
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> From: Cristea Eusebiu <pcoxe2002@...>
> Subject: Re: [emulatorII-list] Re: OT: How to use an Apple CDROM 
drive with a Mac Classic
> To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 9:10 AM
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> Fantastic news!! Congrats! 
> Reg.Mike.
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> --- On Mon, 10/6/08, Sean Wolcott <sean@izabelle. net> wrote:
> From: Sean Wolcott <sean@izabelle. net>
> Subject: Re: [emulatorII- list] Re: OT: How to use an Apple CDROM 
drive with a Mac Classic
> To: emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 4:20 AM
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> Excellent news!
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> Can we also assume that this SHOULD work for Mac users running 
Vista 
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> under bootcamp as well?
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> Excited for this. Thanks!
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> -Sean / The Fascination Movement
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> On Oct 5, 2008, at 2:48 PM, esynthesist wrote:
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> > I'll try the extension(s) next week ! I first want to optimize the
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> > communication test program between my PC and the Emulator II :-)
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> > The port I currently use is an RS422 port, which I added to my 
laptop
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> > by plugging in an external USB<-->RS422 converter (widely 
available
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> > on the internet).
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> > The cable is a custom-built one with a male DB25 connector at the 
EII
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> > side and a female DB9 connector at the PC side.
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> > ///E-Synthesist
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> > --- In emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com, "hexafuzz" <gclip@> 
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> > > --- In emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com, "esynthesist"
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> > > <esynthesist@ > wrote:
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> > > > I just succeeded in transferring banks directly between
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> > > > the EII and my Windows Vista machine (which - of course - has 
a
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> > > > drive :-). So that will become the next major new feature in
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> > EMXP !
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> > > Wow thats great news!!! :) What PC ports and cabling will EMXP 
use
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> > > doing this?
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> > > > Though from a "vintage" point of view it would of course be 
great
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> > > > make the Mac+CDROM+EII combination work also, so I'll go for 
it.
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> > > Let us know if you need further help. If the solutions posted 
so far
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> > > dont work, I can email you some extensions to try.
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