http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/ A list for users of E-mu Systems Emax and Emax II digital sampling instruments. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:58:27 GMT Ted Summers http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6075 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6075 Talk to Jammie- he is in UK....I believe and does synth / Emax repair. Regards, Ted On Nov 9, 2009, at 5:06 AM, chevytravelleruk wrote: Hi all I have an Emax Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:57:09 GMT Ted Summers http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6074 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6074 ... these are single slot drives only for Emax. and PCMCIA slot must be used". ... Where did you find out I was selling the drives from? IN many emails I sent Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:19:46 GMT jammie http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6073 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6073 first thing to do is open the machine a reset all socketed ic then put the machine back to gether and try again the ic chips can work loose or curode use Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:06:22 GMT chevytravelleruk http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6072 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6072 Hi all I have an Emax II Turbo keyboard which has developed an intermittant fault. Periodically, some of the keys fail to trigger and this has now worsened so Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:10:35 GMT dwv1957 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6071 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6071 That's only partially right, there are 3 versions of the 93C46 93C46A is 8 bit 93C46B is 16 bit 93C46C is selectable 8/16 bit, and is the only one that Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:24:40 GMT Vladimir Vooss http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6070 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6070 Hello all, I have recently joined this group, have lurked a bit, and have been impressed by the technical expertise of all the participants in this group on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:51:56 GMT Ted Summers http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6069 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6069 I see what you are saying about the pinout, but it looks like there are parts available on ebay for $1 to $7, so its not that expensive to get the real Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:58:33 GMT dwv1957 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6068 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6068 The PALs are on the expansion board, and they are the same for the 4/6/8 meg upgrades, but the 5/7 meg upgrades use different PALs. I have 2 main boards that I Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:00:34 GMT Ted Summers http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6067 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6067 I am only saying that it might be that you won't get a valid data file out of it due to it being in the board as opposed to being in the IC holder on the Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:46:24 GMT Julian http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6066 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6066 oooh, I2C eeprom. I just looked about and found the Atmel datasheet for their 93c46, and an old microchip datasheet for their version of the 06/46. If this is Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:19:35 GMT esynthesist http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6065 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6065 A memory upgrade indeed also required sometimes the replacement of the PAL. But... I think the two most common situations today are: 1/ Someone's Emax-II has Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:01:56 GMT Everett http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6064 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6064 I see that there are at least 2 "programmed PALs" in each memory board upgrade kit inventory. Does anyone know what these chips are and what information they Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:57:53 GMT esynthesist http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6063 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6063 It's a relief to hear it's not a stupid idea after all :-) So I googled on "eeprom clip" and yes indeed, there seems to be very handy tools out there (and not Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:39:31 GMT Ted Summers http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6062 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6062 There are clips manufactured for this purpose, actually. My concern would be whether you would get corrupted data in circuit. and if you had a bad one, I would Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:23:16 GMT esynthesist http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6061 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/emax/message/6061 Maybe it's the most stupid idea launched on this board (mea culpa) but I was wondering whether an eeprom programmer can be connected to the 9306 on the Emax-II