Hi,
do you have a second floppy drive in your EII?
If so just try booting off the second one.
You said you have 2 disks. Just put both of them in the drives.
If this does work for one of the floppy drives the other one might be
dead. Then you can try cleaning the floppy.
Good luck!
--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, JC <lawjcrg@...> wrote:
>
> thanks. ok sorry for some basic questions (i have working knowledge
of computers but computers and keyboards I'm a bit behind on all this):
>
> 1. what year/model mac or we talking about that uses mac os7?
> 2. what is Sound Designer? A software program?
>
> This DEFINITELY sounds like the way to do. I can't imagine having
to deal with hundreds of 5.25" discs lying around!
>
> Kenneth Abildgaard <kenneth@...> wrote:
> Hi J.C. We all learned at one point so feel free to ask
any basic questions
> you'll like J
>
> The thing is if you buy a 3.5" floppy from Route 66 you have to
get a 3.5"
> floppy containing the OS too. They provide that as well.
>
> I think most of the list members use their EII in combination with
an old
> Mac running MacOS7 and Sound Designer for EII.
>
> This way you get access to a LOT of sample banks and you don't need
to have
> hundreds of floppies containing samples.
>
> You DO need a working floppy and an OS disk in order to get the
Emulator to
> work with the Mac though J
>
> Kenneth
>
> Fra: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com] På vegne af JC
> Sendt: 26. februar 2008 07:02
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> Emne: Re: SV: [emulatorII-list] emu emulator II + from ebay DOA--help!
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> Is there a way to find replacement 5.25" drives that work? If not,
and I use
> the route 66 studios 3.5" replacement discs, how do i get the data
from the
> 5.25" discs that came with this into the synth? Does route 66
studios sell
> os systems discs on the 3.5" format as well? Sorry for all the basic
> questions. I'm just learning about all this.
>
> Kenneth Abildgaard <kenneth@... <mailto:kenneth%40oiio.dk> > wrote: I
> think it's the disk drives that doesn't work.
>
> There are no sounds in an Emulator when you first turn it on and you
have to
> load a floppy containing the Operating System and some samples in
order to
> hear anything (or sample something yourself after the OS load).
>
> So I guess you have to start out by getting a replacement 5.25"
floppy drive
> or the 3.5" floppy drive from Route66 Studios.
>
> It's perfectly normal that it reads `Emulator II boot in progress'
when you
> turn it on, but it is waiting for a floppy.
>
> KennethA
>
> Fra: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
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> [mailto:emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:emulatorII-list%40yahoogroups.com> ] På vegne af lawjcrg
> Sendt: 26. februar 2008 02:38
> Til: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:emulatorII-list%40yahoogroups.com>
> Emne: [emulatorII-list] emu emulator II + from ebay DOA--help!
>
> hello. I bought a used emulator II+ from ebay. The seller represented
> that it worked fine but that the disc drives didn't work. It arrived
> today. After turning it on, the lights all flash, and then the only
> thing on is the LED display which reads "emulator II boot in process"
> and then just stays displaying that. No sounds come out. Any idea
> what the problem could be? Is this something fixable? I will take it
> to my vintage synth shop to check it out. As an aside, they had
> another customer some time back who brought in an emulator II for
> repairs. It turned out that it needed a new main board and since they
> couldn't get that part, couldn't finish the repair. Just assuming my
> synth needed a main board also, does anyone here know of a source where
> I could buy such a part?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help. I really wanted this great synth and
> hope it can be fixed.
>
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