emulatorII-list

UPDATE:

Regarding the OS overlay files in my previous post (below): I have replaced them already with new ones which can be converted themselves into HxC HFE files without needing any additional .EII bank.

If you load these "emuiios.emuiifd" OS overlay files in the HxC software and export them as HFE file on an SD card, they will load on the Emulator II as an operating-system only disk containing an empty bank with a NULL PRESET.
This means you can boot and use the Emulator II with the HxC without even needing any .EII file (yet).

///E-Synthesist 

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "esynthesist" <esynthesist@...> wrote:
>
> >>> I may have misunderstood, but am I right in thinking that once I have my HxC installed (and the software), all I will need to get hold of is an OS image and a single SD for EII soundfile to get going? 
> 
> Correct. Some OS images can be found on http://www.emxp.net in the "additional downloads" section; some free EII banks can be found on the internet, e.g. also in SIT compressed format on this group.
> 
> >>>  I'd then need to wait for the Read/Write support to start building up a library from the EII (or source more SD for EII files)?
> 
> If you sample and construct your own presets on the E-II, you indeed will need the Write support towards SD Card to save your bank and build up a library. Within a few days (hours ?) the new firmware and software for the HxC will be released by the HxC2001 team (Jeff...) This version will support Read/Write.
> Note that only performance disks are supported, not library disks.
> 
> If you have a set of EII floppy disks from the past (e.g. custom created ones), and no floppy drive anymore in the EII to load them and copy them to the SD Card on your EII, the only way to recover these banks is to also buy a KryoFlux USB disk controller and a cheap second hand 5.25 drive. The KryoFlux will allow you to copy the floppy disks on a Windows PC, which then can be copied to the SD Card with the HxC software.
>  
> >>> Have I made any silly logic leaps here or am actually getting close to a working EII again?
> 
> No you haven't and yes you are :-)
> 
> >>>> (I assume the OS image could be emailed and could just be dropped onto an SD card and off I go?).
> 
> OS images can be found on the EMXP website. Note that these are OVERLAY files which (currently) require also an .EII (sounddesigner for EII) file before you can copy them to the SD Card. 
> Note that the OS overlay files themselves (i.e. without any EII bank) will in fact also be recognized by the HxC software as "good EII disk images" and as such the HxC software will not complain when you try to convert them to a file on the EII SD card. These files will even be loaded by the E-II but they will result in an invalid bank and can cause the EII to crash. So for now never convert only OS overlay files to the SD card. 
> I'll try to find a solution for this problem asap and I will replace the OS overlay files by valid "empty bank" files in the near future.
> 
> ///E-Synthesist
>