So, the last time (before 2014) a few people created websites to host the docs for our beloved, but orphaned gear. The Frankster set up the docs at his website, and I think shortly thereafter he created with wiki. I really like his site, and a day or two ago, I revisited it and checked out the links he has at the bottom.
One fellow E-mu fan zipped up all of his e-mu files and sent them to me. I didn't post them because by the time I had a chance to look through them, creative had fixed the site. A number of people had alerted them to the fact the the docs were not available and from what I understand, they put a programmer to the task of restoring the site.
Because of the server error we get when we try to download docs, I think its probably nothing malicious; probably a page or file was renamed, moved, or deleted. So maybe they will fix it again, though who knows how long it might take. It is really just a service they provide, because they make no money from us legacy gear lovers.
When it came back, I decided to leave my site up (just in case their site disappeared again); but I decided not to clean it up, add additional docs, etc. However, I am thinking it might not be a bad project to work on.
As I wrote, my first goal is to sort out who has what, to sort out which sites have dead links, etc. So, I started compiling a list. From what I have see, the Frankster's site is the best.
http://francisfisher.me.uk/problem/2011/emu-legacy-archive/
There are Yahoo groups with docs, such as the XL-7, P2K, P2500, and Orbit 3. (Yes, there are some others.) Other sites listed at his site are: Emu Legacy Wiki.
E-Mu | SoundProgramming.Net, and
Synth Gear Docs: An Archive .
The emulegacy wiki lists popeye-x.com as a resource, but when I checked that, all the links pointed back to creative. The WayBackMachine has some site grabs or former incarnations of the e-mu site, but for all the docs and files I tried to get, the links were dead. I don't think their site grabber software knew to select the files.
However, there seem to be some manuals here: Synthesizer Manuals: Emu : Free Texts : Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
Steve
---In xl7@yahoogroups.com, <baahstid@yahoo.com> wrote :
While trying to solve some problems came across this on the weekend... seems pretty comprehensive, but I haven't checked all the links....