Re: Emulator II and HxC SD - recommissioning
2011-03-10 by system_700
... I tried following these instructions this weekend, and I think the above may be incorrect. When I look at the HxC manual, it appears to indicate that if
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Emulator II for sale (won't boot) - pickup only in NYC - $200
2011-03-09 by tropicaljgc
I have an EII that turns on but won t boot. It s a rev 0 that used to belong to Fleetwood Mac. I can include a couple of disks, but I m selling most of those
Re: CDS3 Issue
2011-02-21 by esynthesist
The CDS3 drive is not SCSI, it s a small computer with a serial RS422 port that connects to the EII s RS422 port. Did this CDS3 drive ever work on that
Re: CDS3 Issue
2011-02-21 by alpoly800
Really sorry, is there no edit post function? There is no terminator on the scsi back of the unit. ie I can see the pins. is this normal?
Re: CDS3 Issue
2011-02-21 by alpoly800
Just to be more extact the remote habdheld remote states loading whichever bank press any key to abort but when i press any key it is hung and does nothing.
CDS3 Issue
2011-02-21 by alpoly800
Hello all, I am able to put a cd into my CDS3 drive and bbot it. I can access the menus and browse around. The Eii says it is under the control of macintosh
Re: Can someone help me with my EII?
2011-02-15 by esynthesist
It could just be a bad connection somewhere too. One of my EII s has this problem every 2 months - all LEDs on and strange characters/frozen characters/black
Re: Can someone help me with my EII?
2011-02-14 by xxxdavidmaysxxx
Thanks for your expertise, but yes, I attacked all the chips. I must have mis-interpreted in my haste and excitement. And I just reseated all of them, making
Re: [emulatorII-list] Can someone help me with my EII?
2011-02-14 by rob@emulatorarchive.com
Hi The recommendation to clean IC contacts is well off base. It is far better to try and diagnose the problem than attack all the chips. Did you take some/all
Can someone help me with my EII?
2011-02-14 by xxxdavidmaysxxx
I m sorry for sounding noobish, but I truly am. I really need help and I m deeply upset over my EII. I got it yesterday, it exibited some problems so after
Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-04 by trickstar303
Hex... I ll will try that. Thanks much for your help man.
Re: Make a Cds3 cable
2011-02-04 by alpoly800
er figured this out as well, so sorry plesae excuse me. was literall 1st hour with machine. have studied manual now *sorry*
Re: Make a Cds3 cable
2011-02-04 by alpoly800
sorry, figured it out and am in the process of making a cable. As for my silly question ....... still stumped.
Make a Cds3 cable
2011-02-04 by alpoly800
Hi there, I just got an Eii and am over the moon :) Just trying to track down how I could make or get a much more technically advanced person to make me a CDS3
Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-04 by hexafuzz
... One other thing you can try (if you have the proper cables) is to daisy chain both your drives, putting your self terminating Zip at the end of the chain
Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-03 by trickstar303
Hex, I tried to switch the term. plug on the cd drive. Didn t make any difference. I ordered a new scsi cable today. HOpefully this will take care of it. If
Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-03 by hexafuzz
... Youre on the right track. It could be a bad DB25-CN50 cable, a bad CD terminator plug (have you tried swapping the terminator plug and CN50 cable
Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-03 by trickstar303
Thanks for your response Hex. Yesterday I did some further troubleshooting and it turns out that the Mac won t boot even when the CD-Drive is NOT attached on
Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-03 by hexafuzz
... This most certainly points to a SCSI conflict and more specifically improper or failed termination. Double check your cables (including those inside your
More on HxC
2011-02-03 by Mike de Vries
No, I guess it doesn t matter where you got the SD (Sound designer) files from.. I used CKRename to batch change all the file extensions to .EII otherwise
Re: [emulatorII-list] Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-03 by Mike de Vries
Yes it works well. No, it s not a kit.. but you will need to mount it phyically somewhere. I m going to use a 5.25 storage draw that I bought off ebay.
Re: [emulatorII-list] Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-03 by James Ulibarri
ok, I got the overlay files from E-synthesist s site. Does it matter if the SD4EII files one owns on CD were burnt from a Mac or PC? ... ok, I got the overlay
Re: [emulatorII-list] Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-03 by James Ulibarri
Mike, Is there an SD4EII to .hfe software converter available? And where did you get the EII emuiios.emuiifd image? So when you say 100% done... you re just
Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-03 by trickstar303
That SDHxC looks nice. I just watched Esynthesist s vid on youtube. Does it work well? Where is it available and how much is it? Is it a kit like the emuser?
Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-02 by Mike de Vries
It s a pretty easy install.. I don t think you ll need to get forat to do it. ... From: James Ulibarri Subject: Re:
Re: [emulatorII-list] Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-02 by James Ulibarri
A year from now.... I am saying at the speed I work these days. Please document and let us know. Forat will do mine but I would really appreciate the info
Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-02 by Mike de Vries
What do you mean a year from now?? I already got 1000+ voices on a SD card for the SDHxC.. lol.. So nice to leave the huge box of floppies behind. I m
Re: [emulatorII-list] Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-02 by James Ulibarri
I feel your pain. All that old Mac stuff did my head in. In a year from now I am sure someone will have well over 1000 voices on a SDCard and I will follow,
Re: [emulatorII-list] Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-02 by Mike de Vries
I m no mac expert.. I too feel you pain after buying and trying about 4 Mac Classics to get a working combo.. only to now install HxC in my E2.. lol. Try
Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-02 by trickstar303
Mike, thanks for your reply. I ve tried all ID s on the CD drive. Do you know if there is any way to set/change SCSI ID settings on the Mac or are those
Re: [emulatorII-list] Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-02 by Mike de Vries
Did you change the SCSI CD drive ID to another number..If it s on the same ID number as your hardrive, there may be a conflict. Cheers Mike--- On Thu,
Re: Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-02 by trickstar303
My Classic runs Os 7.0.1 by the way...
Mac Classic won't boot anymore with CD-Drive attached
2011-02-02 by trickstar303
Hi, I have a Mac Classic running SoundDesigner with a CD-Rom drive attached. It used to work perfectly. A couple of months ago I moved my studio and yesterday
Re: Emulator II and HxC SD - recommissioning
2011-02-01 by esynthesist
In v3.1 I m sure. The EII asks Drive 1 or 2 ? on its display...
Re: [emulatorII-list] Re: Wanted: EII front panel label
2011-02-01 by James Ulibarri
Elmer was the one who did them. I had a company design one and they sent me their prototype. And it was seriously sad. That project would be very laborious
Re: Wanted: EII front panel label
2011-02-01 by majoranomichele
HI, I m interested too in making a new Frontpanel for my EmulatorII.. Could You send me a scann?... Many thanks in advance....
Re: Emulator II and HxC SD - recommissioning
2011-01-31 by erwanquinquin
Are you sure that i can choose the floppy drive destination for saving banks? I thougt that i just can save bank from the floppy witch i loaded sample. ?
Re: Emulator II and HxC SD - recommissioning
2011-01-31 by esynthesist
For write support the SD HxC Rev C should be used. But on the HxC forum there s a description of how to apply the hardware change to the Rev B boards.
Re: Emulator II and HxC SD - recommissioning
2011-01-31 by erwanquinquin
Thanks for instructions ;-)
Re: Emulator II and HxC SD - recommissioning
2011-01-31 by andrei.kudryavtsev
Hi All, did you make a test on Rev C of floppy emu? I have Rev B and didn t perform the FW update yet. Does it mean that for write it uses SRAM add-on? thanks!
Re: Emulator II and HxC SD - recommissioning
2011-01-30 by esynthesist
Assuming that your upper drive is Drive 1 and the lower one is Drive 2: - Drive 1 = floppy drive -- use the untwisted connector of the twisted cable. -
Re: Emulator II and HxC SD - recommissioning
2011-01-30 by erwanquinquin
i have test the new firmware. Read and write work very well, so nice. But it is difficult to find the good IDE 34 pin cable. I would like to set the floppy
Re: [emulatorII-list] LCD Display ..PROBLEMS!!
2011-01-24 by James Ulibarri
check fleabay. it s really a common chip and they re dirt cheap. http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=74LS04
LCD Display ..PROBLEMS!!
2011-01-24 by Damir
well ..... same display fine working in SP12 but problematic in EII + tried cure i found here about 74HTC04 replacement with 74LS04/// tested with 74LS04N and
Re: Emulator II and HxC SD - recommissioning
2011-01-24 by erwanquinquin
So good ! thanks
Re: Emulator II and HxC SD - recommissioning
2011-01-24 by thispoison
... Could not agree more. Many thanks for the work that s gone into this to all concerned, and specifically to esynthesis. Extraordinary people doing
Re: Emulator II and HxC SD - recommissioning
2011-01-24 by elmbeatz
Your work cannot be appreciated sufficiently! Just great!!!
Re: Emulator II and HxC SD - recommissioning
2011-01-23 by esynthesist
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
Re: Emulator II and HxC SD - recommissioning
2011-01-23 by esynthesist
... 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.
Emulator II and HxC SD - recommissioning
2011-01-20 by thispoison
I ve recently rejoined the forum after many years in the EII wilderness, prompted by guilt every time I look at my EII and considerable excitement about